How do variations in seasonality affect population cycles?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1754, 2013, Pages

  Taylor, Rachel A ^a   White, Andrew ^a   Sherratt, Jonathan A ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding season length; Fennoscandian voles; Geographical variation; Multi year cycles; Predator prey; Seasonal forcing

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; COASTAL ZONE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PERIODICITY; POPULATION CYCLE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RODENT; SEASONALITY;

FENNOSCANDIA;

MURIDAE;

EID: 84878345220     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2714     Document Type: Article

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