Body weight dynamics of common voles in agro-ecosystems

Mammalia

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 559-566

  Jacob, J ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body weight; Delayed maturation; Disturbance; Land use; Microtus arvalis; Pest rodent

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; BODY MASS; DISTURBANCE; LAND USE; WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1942423260     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm-2003-0410     Document Type: Article

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