Effects of bannertail kangaroo rat mounds on small-scale plant community structure

Oecologia

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 247-256

  Guo, Qinfeng ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Diversity; Intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH); Kangaroo rat mound; Microhabitat

Indexed keywords

BANNERTAIL KANGAROO RAT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; MOUND CONSTRUCTION;

USA, NEW MEXICO, CHIHUAHUAN DESERT;

DIPODOMYS SPECTABILIS;

EID: 0029752261     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00328605     Document Type: Article

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