The diet of field voles Microtus agrestis at low population density in upland Britain

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 483-492

  Wheeler, Philip ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cafeteria tests; Diet selection; Faecal analysis; Microtus agrestis

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA; ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM; LILIOPSIDA; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MOLINIA CAERULEA; MURIDAE; NARDUS STRICTA;

EID: 29144464171     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03192641     Document Type: Article

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