Abundances of small mammals in fir forests in northeastern California

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1244-1253

  Waters, Jeffrey R ^a   Zabel, Cynthia J ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Clethrionomys californicus; Logging; Peromyscus maniculatus; Small mammals; Spermophilus lateralis; Tamias amoenus; Tamias senex; Tamias speciosus; Tamiasciurus douglasii

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000309351     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383015     Document Type: Article

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