Effects of acorn abundance on density dependence in a Japanese wood mouse (Apodemus speciosus) population

Population Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-167

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

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Intraspecific competition; Lateral perturbation effect; Masting; Nonlinear density dependence; Nonlinear perturbation effect

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH RATE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MASTING; NONLINEARITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; RODENT; TIME SERIES; TRAPPING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

APODEMUS SPECIOSUS; MUS; QUERCUS CRISPULA; RODENTIA;

EID: 41049100454     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-008-0076-6     Document Type: Article

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