Open AccessClimatic Factors, Reproductive Success and Population Dynamics in the Montane Vole, Microtus montanus
Author(s) -
Aelita J. Pinter
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
annual report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2693-2407
pISSN - 2693-2385
DOI - 10.13001/uwnpsrc.1989.2807
Subject(s) - vole , montane ecology , ecology , population cycle , microtus , biology , population , causality (physics) , geography , zoology , demography , physics , predation , quantum mechanics , sociology
Multiannual fluctuations in populations density ("cycles") of small rodents have been long recognized (Elton 1942). Numerous hypotheses have been proposed to explain this phenomenon (for reviews see Krebs and Myers 1974, Finery 1980, Taitt and Krebs 1985). However, none, alone or in combination, explain the causality of cycles.