Counts of woodrat houses to index relative population abundance

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 337-343

  Vreeland, Justin K ^a   Tietje, William D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Dusky footed woodrat; Indices; Neotoma fuscipes; Oak woodlands; Quercus; Rapid assessment technique; Sampling techniques; Survey techniques

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; NEST SITE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RODENT;

UNITED STATES;

NEOTOMA FUSCIPES; QUERCUS AGRIFOLIA; QUERCUS DOUGLASII;

EID: 0032831448     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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