Relationships between seed fall of three tree species and Peromyscus leucopus and Clethrionomys gapperi during 10 years in an oak-pine forest

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1288-1296

  Mccracken, Karen E ^a,b   Witham, Jack W ^a   Hunter Jr , Malcolm L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Defiance College   (United States)

Author keywords

Clethrionomys gapperi; Oak pine forest; Peromyscus leucopus; Seed fall

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS GAPPERI; CRICETINAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; PINUS STROBUS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 0000117026     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383179     Document Type: Article

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