Recovery of a rodent community in an agro-ecosystem after flooding

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 272, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 138-147

  Zhang, M ^a,b   Wang, K ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Guo, C ^c   Li, B ^a   Huang, H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Dongting Lake region; Flood; Population dynamics; Recovery; Rodent community; Succession

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIKE; FLOODING; NATURAL DISASTER; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; RODENT;

ANZAO; ASIA; CHINA; DONGTING LAKE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUNAN;

APODEMUS AGRARIUS; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 34248653480     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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