Effects of a habitat boundary on small mammals associated with the White Sands dune complex

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 193-198

  Root, J Jeffrey ^a,d   Jorgensen, Eric E ^b,e   Demarais, Stephen ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mississippi State University ^*  (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAETODIPUS PENICILLATUS; DIPODOMYS ORDII; PEROGNATHUS FLAVUS;

EID: 0033018259     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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