Impact of forest patch characteristics on small mammal communities: A multivariate approach

Biological Conservation

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 293-305

  Schmid Holmes, Sabine ^a,b   Drickamer, Lee C ^a,c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental gradients; Habitat associations; Heterogeneous landscapes; Peromyscus leucopus; Timber harvest

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012168142     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00195-6     Document Type: Article

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