Recent large-scale range expansion and outbreaks of the common vole (Microtus Arvalis) in NW Spain

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 432-441

  Luque Larena, Juan J ^a,e   Mougeot, Francois ^b   Viñuela, Javier ^c   Jareño, Daniel ^c   Arroyo, Leticia ^a,c   Lambin, Xavier ^d   Arroyo, Beatriz ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e Universidad de Valladolid   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Castilla y Le n; Cycles; Iberian Peninsula; Rodenticides; Rodents; Tularaemia

Indexed keywords

MICROTUS ARVALIS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 84879888113     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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