Numerical response of small mustelids to vole abundance: Delayed or not?

Oikos

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1112-1120

  Sundell, Janne ^a   O'Hara, Robert Brian ^a,b   Helle, Pekka ^c   Hellstedt, Paavo ^c   Henttonen, Heikki ^d   Pietiäinen, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MUSTELID; NUMERICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION MODELING; PREDATION; RODENT;

FINLAND;

ANIMALIA; MURIDAE; MUSTELA; MUSTELA ERMINEA; MUSTELA NIVALIS; MUSTELIDAE; MUSTELINAE;

EID: 84879410878     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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