Demographic responses of Virginia opossums to limitation at their northern boundary

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1126-1134

  Kanda, L Leann ^a   Fuller, Todd K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

POPULATION STABILITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

BIODIVERSITY;

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LIMITING FACTOR; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION MODELING;

DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; MAMMALIA; ONDATRA; ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 9944242814     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-089     Document Type: Review

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