PROGRESS AND PROSPECT OF A BIOENERGETIC SIMULATION MODEL OF PINE VOLE POPULATIONS

Authors

John F. Coyle, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Blacksburg, Virginia
Kevin C. Jordan, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Blacksburg, Virginia
Alan R. Tipton, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Blacksburg, Virginia
Roy L. Kirkpatrick, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Blacksburg, VirginiaFollow

Date of this Version

3-1-1981

Comments

Published in Proceedings of the Fifth Eastern Pine and Meadow Vole Symposium, Gettysburg, PA, March 4–5, 1981, Ross E. Byers, editor. Copyright © 1981 Coyle, Tipton, Jordan and Kirkpatrick.

Abstract

As reported previously (Coyle and Tipton 1980), we have been engaged in the development of a computerized system which outlines the basic demographic features of a pine vole population. The system, when complete, will hopefully contain four subsystems (biological, spatial, control and economic). This paper will discuss the biological submodel, its development and validity, and prospects for its future.