Coexistence of white-footed mice and deer mice may be mediated by fluctuating environmental conditions

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 529-533

  Wolff, Jerry O ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Mast; Peromyscus leucopus; Peromyscus maniculatus; Torpor

Indexed keywords

CLOUDLAND DEER MOUSE; COEXISTENCE; MASTING; TORPOR; WHITE-FOOTED MOUSE;

USA, APPALACHIANS;

EID: 0030301682     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00333730     Document Type: Article

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