Vole population dynamics: Factors affecting peak densities and amplitudes of annual Microtus ochrogaster population fluctuations

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-107

  Getz, Lowell L ^a   Oli, Madan K ^b   Hofmann, Joyce E ^c   McGuire, Betty ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Prairie vole; Predation

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO SATIVA; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE; POA;

EID: 32244434859     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2005.05.005     Document Type: Article

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