Long-term decline and local extinction of Clethrionomys rufocanus in boreal Sweden

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1135-1150

  Hörnfeldt, Birger ^a   Christensen, Pernilla ^a   Sandström, Per ^b   Ecke, Frauke ^c,d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Clear cutting; Cycles; Density indices; Grey sided vole; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape matrix; Local habitat preference; Multiple regression; Population dynamics; Time series

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; COEXISTENCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MONITORING; POPULATION DECLINE; RODENT; TRAPPING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

CLETHRIONOMYS RUFOCANUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 33749420056     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-006-7249-5     Document Type: Article

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