Happily together forever: Temporal variation in spatial patterns and complete lack of territoriality in a promiscuous rodent

Population Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 109-118

  Borremans, Benny ^a   Hughes, Nelika K ^a   Reijniers, Jonas ^a   Sluydts, Vincent ^a,b   Katakweba, Abdul A S ^c   Mulungu, Loth S ^c   Sabuni, Christopher A ^c   Makundi, Rhodes H ^c   Leirs, Herwig ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^d Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Absence of territoriality; Capture mark recapture; Density dependent; Home range; Mastomys natalensis

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HOME RANGE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RODENT; TERRITORIALITY;

MAMMALIA; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84890862801     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-013-0393-2     Document Type: Article

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