Lack of population response by eastern chipmunks (Tamias striatus) to forest fragmentation

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 382-386

  Mahan, Carolyn G ^a   Yahner, Richard H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RODENT;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

TAMIAS STRIATUS;

EID: 0031763202     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)140[0382:NAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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