Settlement in empty versus occupied habitats: An experimental study on bank voles

Population Ecology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-63

  Glorvigen, Petter ^a   Bjørnstad, Ottar N ^b   Andreassen, Harry P ^a   Ims, Rolf A ^c  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Conspecific attraction; Habitat selection; Myodes; Social fence; Translocation

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT SELECTION; IMMIGRATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION DENSITY; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; RODENT; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; TRANSLOCATION;

CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE;

EID: 83355166775     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-011-0295-0     Document Type: Article

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