Effects of forest fragmentation on population attributes of white-footed mice and eastern chipmunks

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1234-1243

  Nupp, Thomas E ^a,b   Swihart, Robert K ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Forest; Fragmentation; Indiana; Peromyscus leucopus; Tamias striatus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001671312     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383014     Document Type: Article

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