Population rate of change in the leaf-eared mouse: The role of density-dependence, seasonality and rainfall

Austral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 110-116

  Lima, Mauricio ^a   Jaksic, Fabian M ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Empirical model; Outbreaks; Phyllotis darwini; Precipitation; Seasonality; Semiarid

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044386010     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.1999.241951.x     Document Type: Article

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