Effects of regime shifts on the population dynamics of the grey-sided vole in Hokkaido, Japan

Climate Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 109-118

  Saitoh, Takashi ^a   Cazelles, Bernard ^b,d   Vik, Jon Olav ^c   Viljugrein, Hildegunn ^c   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Aleutian Low Pressure; Clethrionomys rufocanus; Cycle; Density dependence; Hokkaido

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

CLETHRIONOMYS RUFOCANUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 33750860244     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr032109     Document Type: Article

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