The burrow system of the common vole (M. arvalis, Rodentia) in Switzerland

Mammalia

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 311-315

  Brügger, Andrea ^a   Nentwig, Wolfgang ^a   Airoldi, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

burrow centre; eccentricity; graph theory; habitat; Microtus arvalis; season

Indexed keywords

BURROWING; ECCENTRICITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GRAPHICAL METHOD; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NEST; RODENT; SEASONALITY;

BERN [SWITZERLAND]; SWITZERLAND;

MICROTUS ARVALIS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 77956735800     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2010.035     Document Type: Article

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