Banner-tailed kangaroo rat burrow mounds and desert grassland habitats

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-160

  Andersen, Mark C ^a   Kay, Fenton R ^a,b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWCA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Banner tailed kangaroo rat; Chihuahuan Desert; Desert grassland; Disturbance; Habitat; Soils; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BURROWING; GRASSLAND; RODENT;

LAS CRUCES; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

DIPODOMYS SPECTABILIS;

EID: 0033081013     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1998.0478     Document Type: Article

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