Long-term dynamics of a grassland rodent community

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 552-561

  Brady, Matthew J ^a,b   Slade, Norman A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b LEWIS CLARK STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Long term dynamics; Multiannual cycles; Population fluctuations

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND; MAMMAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT;

CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; REITHRODONTOMYS; REITHRODONTOMYS MEGALOTIS; RODENTIA; SIGMODON; SIGMODON HISPIDUS; SYNAPTOMYS; SYNAPTOMYS COOPERI;

EID: 2642517293     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2004)085<0552:LDOAGR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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