Short-term demographic response of the red-backed vole to spruce beetle infestations in Alaska

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 246-254

  McDonough, Thomas J ^a,b   Rexstad, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Arvicoline; Clethrionomys rutilus; Dendroctonus rufipennis; Red backed vole; Robust design

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HABITAT QUALITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT; VEGETATION COVER;

ALASKA; COPPER BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CLETHRIONOMYS RUTILUS; COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS RUFIPENNIS; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; PICEA; RUTILUS;

EID: 18044377774     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069<0246:SDROTR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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