The effects of weasel proximity on the foraging activity of voles

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-51

  Koivisto, Elina ^a,b   Pusenius, Jyrki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; RODENT; TROPHIC CASCADE;

MURIDAE;

EID: 33645539823     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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