Spatial and temporal dynamics of small mammals at a regional scale in Canadian boreal forest

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 381-387

  Bowman, Jeff ^a   Phoenix, R Dean ^a   Sugar, Alissa ^a   Dawson, F Neil ^a   Holborn, George ^a  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acorns; Chipmunk; Clethrionomys; Deer mouse; Dispersal; Moran effect; Predation; Red backed vole; Seedfall; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOREAL FOREST; DISPERSAL; FOOD AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION; SMALL MAMMAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYNCHRONY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

CLETHRIONOMYS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; TAMIAS STRIATUS;

EID: 43049151459     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-147R1.1     Document Type: Article

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