Scale dependence and scale independence in habitat associations of small mammals in southern temperate rainforest

Oikos

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 320-334

  Kelt, Douglas A ^a   Meserve, Peter L ^b   Patterson, Bruce D ^c   Lang, Brian K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; MAMMAL; SCALE EFFECT;

EID: 0033027445     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546498     Document Type: Article

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