Influence of season and a sympatric congener on habitat use by Stephens' kangaroo rat

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 708-717

  Goldingay, Ross L ^a,b   Price, Mary V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; PACIFIC KANGAROO RAT; STEPHENS' KANGAROO RAT; SYMPATRIC SPECIES;

DIPODOMYS AGILIS; DIPODOMYS STEPHENSI; MACROPUS SP.; METATHERIA; SALVIA;

EID: 0031457199     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.95480.x     Document Type: Article

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