Habitat-specific demography of sympatric vole populations over 25 years

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 561-568

  Getz, Lowell L ^a   Oli, Madan K ^b   Hofmann, Joyce E ^c   McGuire, Betty ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Meadow vole; Microtus ochrogaster; Microtus pennsylvanicus; Prairie vole; Vole habitats

Indexed keywords

FOOD PREFERENCE; HABITAT SELECTION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION COVER;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE; OCHROGASTER; POA; RAPTORES; SERPENTES;

EID: 20444443209     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)86[561:HDOSVP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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