Demography of fluctuating vole populations: Phase homogeneity of demographic variables

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 170-177

  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

Demography; Homogeneity; Meadow vole; Microtus ochrogaster; Microtus pennsylvanicus; Population cycles; Prairie vole

Indexed keywords

ARVICOLINAE; MICROTUS; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 59649092817     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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