From Wytham Woods to Baker Lake, 1959–1962
Abstract Like all previous field work, my last study at Oxford was a test of conclusions from the study before. The idea that voles are nonviable during a cyclic decline had been the guiding light since before the war; but the preceding study with Janet had thrown doubt on that and suggested that, a...
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Oxford University PressNew York, NY
1996
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195097856.003.0009 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52504175/isbn-9780195097856-book-part-9.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract Like all previous field work, my last study at Oxford was a test of conclusions from the study before. The idea that voles are nonviable during a cyclic decline had been the guiding light since before the war; but the preceding study with Janet had thrown doubt on that and suggested that, after all, the environment must also be where the trouble lay. The environmental factor that Ellen Phipps and I now set out to study was different, however, from the factors usually classed as environmental. This time it was the environment created by the behavior of the voles themselves. |
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