Effects of acorn masting on population dynamics of three forest-dwelling rodent species in Hokkaido, Japan

Population Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-256

  Saitoh, Takashi ^a   Osawa, Jun ^a   Takanishi, Toshikazu ^a   Hayakashi, Shintaro ^a   Ohmori, Masaaki ^a   Morita, Toshio ^a   Uemura, Shigeru ^a   Vik, Jon Olav ^b   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^b   Maekawa, Koji ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Apodemus argenteus; Apodemus speciosus; Clethrionomys rufocanus; Density dependence; Quercus crispula

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; MASTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT; SEED;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

APODEMUS ARGENTEUS; APODEMUS SPECIOSUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLETHRIONOMYS RUFOCANUS; QUERCUS CRISPULA; RODENTIA;

EID: 34250885107     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-007-0041-9     Document Type: Article

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