Responses of Arvicola terrestris scherman populations to agricultural practices, and to Talpa europaea abundance in eastern France

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 392-398

  Morilhat, Céline ^a   Bernard, Nadine ^a   Bournais, Corentin ^a   Meyer, Caroline ^a   Lamboley, Céline ^a   Giraudoux, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Grassland management; Landscape ecology; Population outbreaks; Talpa europaea

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DISTURBANCE; FARMING SYSTEM; INSECTIVORE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION OUTBREAK; RODENT;

ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS SCHERMAN; MURIDAE; TALPA EUROPAEA;

EID: 34250176877     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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