Nonlinear effects of climate on boreal rodent dynamics: Mild winters do not negate high-amplitude cycles

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 697-710

  Korpela, Katri ^a   Delgado, Maria ^b   Henttonen, Heikki ^c   Korpimäki, Erkki ^d   Koskela, Esa ^a   Ovaskainen, Otso ^b   Pietiäinen, Hannu ^b   Sundell, Janne ^b   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^e   Huitu, Otso ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; Density dependence; Microtus; Myodes; Population dynamics; Population growth rate; Rodent; Weather

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CYCLICITY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RODENT; WINTER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD TEMPERATURE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS;

FINLAND;

MICROTUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 84873168958     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12099     Document Type: Article

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