Short-term effects of annual flooding on a population of peromyscus leucopus in a Rio Grande riparian forest of central New Mexico

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 260-267

  Ellis, Lisa M ^a   Molles Jr , Manuel C ^a   Crawford, Clifford S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRICETINAE; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; RIPARIA;

EID: 0030727204     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426819     Document Type: Article

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