A haunting legacy from isoclines: Mammal coexistence and the ghost of competition

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 375-384

  Morris, Douglas W ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clethrionomys; Competition; Dicrostonyx; Habitat selection; Isocline; Isodar; Isoleg; Lemmus; Peromyscus

Indexed keywords

CLETHRIONOMYS; CRICETINAE; DICROSTONYX; LEMMUS; MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0001606913     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383286     Document Type: Article

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