Habitat selection by an insectivorous rodent: Patterns and mechanisms across multiple scales

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1128-1143

  Stapp, Paul ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Availability of prey; Northern grasshopper mouse; Onychomys leucogaster; Pocket gopher mounds; Shortgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; GEOMYIDAE; INSECTA; LEUCOGASTER; MAMMALIA; ONYCHOMYS; ONYCHOMYS LEUCOGASTER; RODENTIA;

EID: 0001087026     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383055     Document Type: Article

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