Environmental factors and population fluctuations of Akodon azarae (Muridae: Sigmodontinae) in central Argentina

Austral Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 132-142

  Andreo, Verónica ^a   Provensal, Cecilia ^a   Scavuzzo, Marcelo ^b   Lamfri, Mario ^b   Polop, Jaime ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Akodon azarae; Environmental factors; NDVI; Population fluctuations; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HUMIDITY; LANDSAT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NDVI; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFALL; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARGENTIA; CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

AKODON AZARAE; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; SIGMODONTINAE;

EID: 62749120074     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01889.x     Document Type: Article

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