Landscape structure and the long-term decline of cyclic grey-sided voles in Fennoscandia

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 551-560

  Ecke, Frauke ^a,b,c   Christensen, Pernilla ^b,c   Rentz, Ralf ^a   Nilsson, Mats ^b,c   Sandström, Per ^b,c   Hörnfeldt, Birger ^b,c,d  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c Vindelfjällens forskningsstation ^*  (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Clethrionomys rufocanus; Contrasting dynamics; Fragmentation; Habitat preferences; Metapopulation; Mountain forest; Patch size; Small mammals; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MONTANE FOREST; PATCH SIZE; POPULATION DECLINE; RODENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

FENNOSCANDIA; SWEDEN;

CLETHRIONOMYS RUFOCANUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE;

EID: 77952745399     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-009-9441-x     Document Type: Article

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