The influence of climate change on the body mass of woodrats Neotoma in an arid region of New Mexico, USA

Ecography

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 140-148

  Smith, Felisa A ^a   Browning, Hillary ^b   Shepherd, Ursula L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CLIMATIC CHANGE; TEMPERATURE; WOODRAT;

NEW MEXICO; SEVILLETA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; USA;

NEOTOMA;

EID: 0031972166     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00668.x     Document Type: Article

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