Younger bank voles are more vulnerable to avian predation

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1074-1078

  Meri, Taru ^a,b   Halonen, Matti ^a   Mappes, Tapio ^a   Suhonen, Jukka ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RODENT; SEX RATIO; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; GLAUCIDIUM (AVES); GLAUCIDIUM PASSERINUM; MURIDAE; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 51649093568     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z08-087     Document Type: Article

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