Costs of coexistence along a gradient of competitor densities: An experiment with arvicoline rodents

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-71

  Eccard, Jana A ^a,b   Ylönen, Hannu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clethrionomys glareolus; Density dependence; Interspecific competition; Life history; Microtus agrestis

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; COEXISTENCE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DOMINANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXPLOITATION; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RODENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; ARVICOLINAE; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 33845887975     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01175.x     Document Type: Article

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