Small mammal response to pine-grassland restoration for red-cockaded woodpeckers

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 148-158

  Masters, Ronald E ^a   Lochmiller, Robert L ^a   McMurry, Scott T ^b   Bukenhofer, George A ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Reese Center   (United States)

^c US Forest Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Arkansas; Fire ecology; Ouachita Mountains; Picoides borealis; Pine bluestem; Prescribed fire; Red cockaded woodpecker; Small mammals; Wildlife stand improvement

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; RODENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODLAND;

OCHROTOMYS NUTTALLI; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; PICOIDES BOREALIS; PINUS ECHINATA; REITHRODONTOMYS FULVESCENS;

EID: 0031820038     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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