Coexistence of specialist and generalist rodents via habitat selection

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2352-2364

  Morris, Douglas W ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Apparent competition; Clethrionomys; Coexistence; Habitat selection; Isodar; Isoleg; Peromyscus; Predators, shared; Tamias

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; CLETHRIONOMYS; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA; TAMIAS; CLETHRIONOMYS RUFUS;

CHIPMUNK; COEXISTENCE; DEER MOUSE; HABITAT SELECTION; RED-BACKED VOLE;

CANADA, ALBERTA, ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030390944     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265737     Document Type: Article

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