Cycles of voles, predators, and alternative prey in boreal Sweden

Cycles of voles, predators, and alternative prey in boreal Sweden

Bank voles, grey-sided voles, and field voles had synchronous 3-4 year density cycles with variable amplitudes which averaged about 200-fold in each species. Cycles of vole predators (red fox and Tengmalm's owl), and their (foxes') alternative prey (mountain hare and forest grouse) lagged...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hörnfeldt, Birger
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Ekologi och geovetenskap 1991
Subjects:
3-4 year cycles
Clethrionomys glareolus
Clethrionomys rufocanus
Microtus agrestis
snap-trapping
rate of change
population regulation
delayed density-dependence
time-lag mechanism
seasonality
predation
food
predator avoidance
foraging behaviour
Aegolius funereus
nest boxes
numerical response
nomadism
Vulpes vulpes
Sarcoptes scabiei vulpes
Lepus timidus
Francisella tularensis
Tetraonidae
hunting statistics
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