Non-target effects of an introduced biological control agent on deer mouse ecology

Oecologia

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 121-128

  Pearson, Dean E ^a   McKelvey, Kevin S ^a   Ruggiero, Leonard F ^a  

^a USDA Forest Service Forestry Science Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Centaurea maculosa; Exotic plants; Peromyscus maniculatus; Urophora

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DEER MOUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; UNITED STATES; WEED CONTROL;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; DIET; HABITAT SELECTION; IMPACT; NONTARGET ORGANISM; RODENT;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA MACULOSA; CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA; TEPHRITIDAE; UROPHORA; UROPHORA AFFINIS; UROPHORA QUADRIFASCIATA;

EID: 0033960826     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008828     Document Type: Article

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