The influence of spatio-temporal resource fluctuations on insular rat population dynamics

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1729, 2012, Pages 767-774

  Russell, James C ^a,c   Ruffino, Lise ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Capture recapture; Mediterranean; Rainfall; Rattus rattus; Survival

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; HABITAT SELECTION; MOVEMENT; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84855680585     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1121     Document Type: Article

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