Habitat selection and the scale of ghostly coexistence among arctic rodents

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1191-1200

  Ale, Som B ^a,b   Morris, Douglas W ^c   Dupuch, Angélique ^c   Moore, Debra E f ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Lake Superior College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DATA SET; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; HERSCHEL ISLAND; YUKON TERRITORY;

DICROSTONYX; LEMMUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 79960134856     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18933.x     Document Type: Article

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