Food resources and diet composition in riparian and upland habitats for Sitka Mice, Peromyscus keeni sitkensis

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 401-407

  Hanley, Thomas A ^a   Barnard, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat heterogeneity; Peromyscus keeni sitkensis; Riparian forest; River; Sitka Mouse; Southeastern Alaska; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; RODENT;

ALNUS RUBRA; CASTOR CANADENSIS; PEROMYSCUS KEENI; PICEA SITCHENSIS; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0033165638     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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