Effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on the behavior and demography of gray-tailed voles

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 945-956

  Wolff, Jerry O ^a,b   Schauder, Eric M ^a   Daniel Edge, W ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; GREY-TAILED VOLE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MICROTUS CANICAUDUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 0030791606     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.96136.x     Document Type: Article

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