Concurrent effects of age class and food distribution on immigration success and population dynamics in a small mammal

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 813-822

  Rémy, Alice ^a   Le Galliard, Jean François ^b,c   Odden, Morten ^a   Andreassen, Harry P ^a  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c ÉCOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Behavioural traits; Demography; Dispersal; Food distribution; Intrasexual competition

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AGGRESSION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; IMMIGRATION; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; JUVENILE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RODENT; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SMALL MAMMAL; SURVIVAL;

CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MAMMALIA;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARVICOLINAE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; NORWAY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84902546696     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12184     Document Type: Article

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