Estimating population size in the banner-tailed kangaroo rat

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 176-183

  Cross, Chad L ^a,b   Waser, Peter M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPODOMYS SPECTABILIS;

EID: 0033879249     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3672459     Document Type: Article

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