Neighbourhood landscape effect on population kinetics of the fossorial water vole (Arvicola terrestris scherman)

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 569-579

  Morilhat, Céline ^a   Bernard, Nadine ^a   Foltête, Jean Christophe ^b   Giraudoux, Patrick ^a  

^a University of Franche Comté   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Arvicola terrestris; Grassland management; Population dynamics; Rodent control; Small mammal

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PATCH DYNAMICS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RODENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; JURA MOUNTAINS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS; ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS SCHERMAN; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS RICHARDSONI; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 42149166595     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-008-9216-9     Document Type: Article

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