Relaxed competition during winter may explain the coexistence of two sympatric Microtus species

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 415-424

  Hoset, Katrine S ^a   Steen, Harald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HOME RANGE; RANGE SIZE; RODENT; SYMPATRY;

MICROTUS; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MICROTUS OECONOMUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 38349029062     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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