A spatially-explicit model of search path and soil disturbance by a fossorial herbivore

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 89, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 99-108

  Andersen, Douglas C ^a  

^a US National Biological Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal habitat interactions; Behaviour, animal; Disturbance; Geomys bursarius; Grazing systems; Soil ecosystems

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; SOIL ECOSYSTEM;

GEOMYS BURSARIUS;

EID: 0030500434     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(95)00124-7     Document Type: Article

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