The effect of snow cover on lemming population cycles in the Canadian High Arctic

Oecologia

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1007-1016

  Bilodeau, Frédéric ^a   Gauthier, Gilles ^a   Berteaux, Dominique ^b  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brown lemming; Population fluctuations; Small mammals; Snow density; Snow depth

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT; SNOW COVER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THRESHOLD; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

LEMMUS; LEMMUS TRIMUCRONATUS; MAMMALIA;

SNOW;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ARVICOLINAE; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SNOW;

EID: 84880838867     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2549-8     Document Type: Article

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