Microhabitat use of deer mice: Effects of interspecific interaction risks

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 558-565

  Falkenberg, Jill C ^a   Clarke, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipidomys; Interspecific competition; Microhabitat; Moonlight; Peromyscus

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; DIPIDOMYS; DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS ORDII; MACROPUS SP.; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS;

EID: 0001553536     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382986     Document Type: Article

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