Individual growth rates in natural field vole, Microtus agrestis, populations exhibiting cyclic population dynamics

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 653-661

  Burthe, Sarah Janette ^a,c   Lambin, Xavier ^b   Telfer, Sandra ^a   Douglas, Alex ^b   Beldomenico, Pablo ^a,d   Smith, Andrew ^a,e   Begon, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^e MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body size; Chitty effect; Juvenile growth; Multi annual density cycles; Rodent

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 77949275219     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1495-6     Document Type: Article

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