A comparison of small-mammal communities in a desert riparian floodplain

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 972-985

  Ellison, Laura E ^a,b   Van Riper III, Charles ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Habitat selection; Inactive floodplains; Riparian floodplains; Small mammal communities; Source sink dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000676042     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383105     Document Type: Review

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