Influence of pocket gophers on meadow voles in a tallgrass prairie

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 942-952

  Klaas, Benjamin A ^a,b   Danielson, Brent J ^a   Moloney, Kirk A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Geomys bursarius; Gopher mounds; Indirect effects; Microtine; Microtus pennsylvanicus; Seedling survival; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000180059     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383102     Document Type: Article

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