The interaction of habitat fragmentation, plant, and small mammal succession in an old field

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 383-400

  William Schweiger, E ^a,d   Diffendorfer, James E ^b   Holt, Robert D ^a   Pierotti, Raymond ^a   Gaines, Michael S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Miami   (United States)

^d US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Habitat accommodation model; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat selection; Interspecific competition; Patch size; Small mammals; Spatial dynamics; Succession

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DENSITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MAMMAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUCCESSION;

KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; SIGMODON HISPIDUS;

EID: 0033815560     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657208     Document Type: Article

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