Spatial association of lemming burrows with landforms in the Swedish subarctic mountains: Implications for periglacial feature stability

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-228

  Le Roux, Peter C ^a   Boelhouwers, Jan ^b,c   Davis, Jacqueline K ^c   Haussmann, Natalie S ^a,c   Jantze, Elin J ^d   Meiklejohn, K Ian ^e  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOENERGETICS; BURROW; BURROWING; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; MEADOW; MOUNTAIN REGION; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RODENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABILITY ANALYSIS; SUBARCTIC REGION;

SWEDEN;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 79955999352     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-43.2.223     Document Type: Article

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