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Population fluctuations in rodents

Title
Population fluctuations in rodents / Charles J. Krebs.
Author
Krebs, Charles J.
Publication
  • Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
  • ©2013

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Description
x, 306 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Rodent populations
  • Voles > Northern Hemisphere
  • Lemmings > Northern Hemisphere
  • Population biology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Classifying rodent population changes -- Biogeography of rodent population fluctuations -- Reproductive rates in fluctuating populations -- Mortality rates in fluctuating populations -- Immigration and emigration -- Spatial dynamics of populations -- How can we determine what drives population changes? -- The food hypothesis -- Predation as the explanation for fluctuations -- Disease as a potential factor in population changes -- Self-regulation hypotheses for fluctuations -- Multifactor explanations of fluctuations -- Models for fluctuating rodent populations -- Key studies yet to be done -- Synthesis of rodent population dynamics -- Comparative dynamics of rodents and other mammals.
ISBN
  • 9780226010359 (cloth : alkaline paper)
  • 022601035X (cloth : alkaline paper)
  • 9780226010496 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2012037021
  • 40022239935
OCLC
  • ocn809910961
  • 809910961
  • SCSB-5688928
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Columbia University Libraries