Common vole (Microtus arvalis) population sex ratio: Biases and process variation

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1391-1399

  Bryja, Josef ^a,b   Nesvadbová, Jiřina ^a   Heroldová, Marta ^a   Jánová, Eva ^a,b   Losík, Jan ^c   Trebatická, Lenka ^c   Tkadlec, Emil ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBABILITY;

SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL HYPOTHESES;

BIODIVERSITY;

MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RODENT; SAMPLING BIAS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO;

MICROTUS ARVALIS; MURIDAE;

EID: 31744431855     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z05-133     Document Type: Article

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