Population dynamics of rice rats (a Hantavirus reservoir) in southern Chile: feedback structure and non‐linear effects of climatic oscillations

• Published in: Oikos
• Main Authors: Murúa, Roberto, González, Luz A., Lima, Mauricio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2003
• Subjects: Antarctic; Argentina; Pacific; Soi; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12226.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1034%2Fj.1600-0706.2003.12226.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12226.x

We studied a fluctuating population of the long‐tail rice rat ( Oligoryzomys longicaudatus ), the main Hantavirus vector in southern Chile, and spanning 19 years of monitoring. We determined that a first‐order feedback structure and non‐linear effects of Antarctic Oscillation Index (AAOI) and Southe...