Ecological replacement of the Deer Mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus, by the White-footed Mouse, P. leucopus, in the Great Lakes region

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 271-277

  Long, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

Author keywords

ecological replacement; Forest Deer Mouse; islands; Peromyscus leucopus; Peromyscus maniculatus gracilis; White footed Mouse; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS NOVEBORACENSIS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS GRACILIS;

COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION; LONG-TAILED FOREST DEER MOUSE; WHITE-FOOTED MOUSE;

USA, WISCONSIN;

EID: 0029660836     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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