Experimental manipulation of territory occupancy: Effects on immigration of female prairie voles

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1009-1014

  Jacquot, Joseph J ^a,b   Solomon, Nancy G ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Ecological constraints; Immigration; Rodent; Territory vacancies; Vole

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; IMMIGRATION; PHILOPATRY; RODENT; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 23844533640     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BPR-019     Document Type: Article

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