Growth patterns in free-ranging yellow-necked wood mice, Apodemus flavicollis

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-132

  Amori, Giovanni ^a   Luiselli, Luca ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Centre of Environmental Studies Demetra srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body length; Central Italy; Growth trajectories; Long term study; Rodentia

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RODENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WOOD;

ITALY;

APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79951720411     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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