Effects of ENSO-linked climate and vegetation on population dynamics of sympatric rodent species in semiarid grasslands of inner Mongolia, China

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 678-691

  Jiang, G ^a,b   Zhao, T ^c   Liu, J ^c   Xu, L ^a   Yu, G ^d   He, H ^d   Krebs, C J ^e   Zhang, Z ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Inner Mongolia Center for Endemic Disease Control and Research   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; HIBERNATION; LIFE HISTORY; NDVI; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RODENT; SEMIARID REGION; SYMPATRY; TEMPERATURE;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

RODENTIA;

EID: 79961153893     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z11-048     Document Type: Article

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