Habitat selection, reproduction and predation of wintering lemmings in the Arctic

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 967-980

  Duchesne, David ^a   Gauthier, Gilles ^a   Berteaux, Dominique ^b  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dicrostonyx groenlandicus; Lemmus trimucronatus; Small mammals; Snow cover; Tundra

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

CANID; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROGENEITY; OVERWINTERING; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RODENT; SNOW COVER; SURVIVAL; TUNDRA;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CHAIN; FOX; MUSTELIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ARVICOLINAE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CHAIN; FOXES; MUSTELIDAE; NUNAVUT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SNOW; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARCTIC;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; BRYOPHYTA; DICROSTONYX; DICROSTONYX GROENLANDICUS; LEMMUS; LEMMUS TRIMUCRONATUS; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA ERMINEA; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 80855138712     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2045-6     Document Type: Article

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