Active density-dependent habitat selection in a controlled population of small mammals

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3131-3137

  Morris, Douglas W ^a   Maceachern, Jody T ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive movement; Density dependence; Dispersal; Field experiment; Food supplements; Habitat selection; Microtus pennsylvanicus; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FIELD SURVEY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GENE FLOW; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MEADOW; SMALL MAMMAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY;

MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 78249278830     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0479.1     Document Type: Article

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