Rodent populations after a large wildfire in California chaparral and coastal sage scrub

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 480-483

  Schwilk, Dylan W ^a,b   Keeley, Jon E ^a,c  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Western Ecological Research Center   (United States)

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EID: 0032452364     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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