Livestock grazing intensity affects abundance of Common shrews (Sorex araneus) in two meadows in Denmark

BMC Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Schmidt, Niels M ^a,b   Olsen, Henrik ^b   Leirs, Herwig ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SOREX ARANEUS; SORICIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DENMARK; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SHREW;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BIODIVERSITY; DENMARK; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SHREWS;

EID: 60349105417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-9-2     Document Type: Article

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