Social organisation of the male field vole (Microtus agrestis): A case of transient territoriality?

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-106

  Loughran, Michael F E ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; RANGE SIZE; RECRUITMENT; RODENT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; TERRITORIALITY; TRAPPING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE;

EID: 34249678533     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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