Fluctuations of deer mice in Ontario in relation to seed crops

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-32

  Falls, J Bruce ^a,c   Falls, E Ann ^a,c   Fryxell, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Breeding; Demography; Density dependence; Food; Peromyscus maniculatus; Seed crops; Survival; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CROP; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION DECLINE; RODENT; SEED; SURVIVAL;

ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS;

EID: 34247128994     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-1485     Document Type: Article

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