Nest mortality in small mammals

Ecoscience

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 286-291

  Millar, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demography; Nest mortality; Reproduction; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; HOME RANGE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; SMALL MAMMAL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 35248867413     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/1195-6860(2007)14[286:NMISM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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