Open AccessClimatic Factors, Reproductive Success and Population Dynamics in the Montane Vole, Microtus montanus
Author(s) -
Aelita J. Pinter
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
annual report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2693-2407
pISSN - 2693-2385
DOI - 10.13001/uwnpsrc.1987.2647
Subject(s) - vole , montane ecology , ecology , reproductive success , population , microtus , biology , zoology , geography , demography , sociology
Multiannual fluctuations in population density of small rodents have been known since antiquity. However, factors responsible for this phenomenon remain unknown (Krebs and Myers 1974, Finerty 1980, Taitt and Krebs 1985). The objectives of this long-term study are to determine whether environmental variables, possibly acting through reproductive responses, contribute to the multiannual fluctuations of the montane vole, Microtus montanus.