How the common vole copes with modern farming: Insights from a capture-mark-recapture experiment

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 177, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-27

  Bonnet, Timothée ^a   Crespin, Laurent ^b,c,d   Pinot, Adrien ^a   Bruneteau, Laurent ^e   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^a   Gauffre, Bertrand ^a  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^b EPIA   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural practices; Capture mark recapture (CMR); Common vole; Dispersal; Ploughing; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DISPERSAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HARVESTING; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MEADOW; PLOWING; POPULATION ESTIMATION; REFUGE; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84880351511     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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