Mast Pulses Shape Trophic Interactions between Fluctuating Rodent Populations in a Primeval Forest

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Selva, Nuria ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^b   Cortés Avizanda, Ainara ^c   Zalewski, Andrzej ^d   Donázar, José Antonio ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; DECIDUOUS PLANT; DIET; FOREST; HAIR ANALYSIS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MOUSE; MYODES GLAREOLUS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; POLAND; RODENT; SEED PRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BAYES THEOREM; MURINAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; CARPINUS; CARPINUS BETULUS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MURIDAE; MUS; QUERCUS ROBUR; RODENTIA;

EID: 84870879628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051267     Document Type: Article

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