Correlating small mammal abundance to climatic variation over twenty years

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 193-199

  Deitloff, Jennifer ^a,b   Falcy, Matthew R ^c   Krenz, John D ^b   McMillan, Brock R ^b,d  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term studies; Meadow vole; Microtus pennsylvanicus; Peromyscus leucopus; Population size; Precipitation; Snow depth; Temperature; Weather; White footed mouse

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MEADOW; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION SIZE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RODENT; SNOW ACCUMULATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

EID: 77649150277     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-267R.1     Document Type: Article

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