Implications of desert rodent seed preferences for range remediation

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 679-684

  Longland, William S ^a   Bateman, Sheryl L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Achnatherum hymenoides; Atriplex canescens; Kangaroo rats; Pocket mice; Seed caching

Indexed keywords

CACHING; RANGELAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RODENT; SEED;

ACHNATHERUM HYMENOIDES; ANIMALIA; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX CANESCENS; CAFETERIA; DIPODOMYS; HETEROMYIDAE; MACROPUS SP.; ORYZOPSIS; PANICUM MILIACEUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031787275     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003612     Document Type: Article

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