Landscape ecology of mammals: Relationships between density and patch size

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 999-1013

  Bowers, Michael A ^a   Matter, Stephen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Landscape ecology; Patches

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0001565651     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383044     Document Type: Article

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