Nestling survival and population fluctuations of the prairie vole Microtus ochrogaster

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 413-420

  Getz, Lowell L ^a   Mcguire, Betty ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIBERNATION; NESTLING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PRAIRIE; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAKE; SURVIVAL;

ARVICOLINAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE; POA; RODENTIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 42449145058     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2008)159[413:NSAPFO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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