Response of Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) to shrubs in shortgrass prairie: Linking small-scale movements and the spatial distribution of individuals

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 644-651

  Stapp, P ^a   Van Horne, B ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Habitat selection; Population density; Scaling; Shrubs

Indexed keywords

DEER MOUSE; HABITAT USE; SHORTGRASS PRAIRIE; SHRUB COVER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030832821     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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