Reproduction, foraging and the negative density-area relationship of a generalist rodent

Oecologia

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 391-398

  Wilder, Shawn M ^a   Meikle, Douglas B ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Edge habitat; Forest fragmentation; Fragment size; Giving up densities; Peromyscus leucopus

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PATCH SIZE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; RODENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; PEROMYSCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; OHIO; PEROMYSCUS; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION;

CRICETINAE; MUSTELA FRENATA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 25844484126     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0086-4     Document Type: Article

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