Regulation of root vole population dynamics by food supply and predation: A two-factor experiment

Oikos

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 387-395

  Nie, Haiyan ^a,b   Liu, Jike ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT; RODENT;

MICROTUS OECONOMUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 17144415943     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13330.x     Document Type: Article

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