Environmental determinants of the composition of desert-living rodent communities in the north-east Badia region of Jordan

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 251, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 481-494

  Scott, D M ^a   Dunstone, N ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desert living; Environments; Petrophiles; Psammophiles; Rodents

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RODENT;

JORDAN;

EID: 0033812465     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836900008086     Document Type: Article

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