The spatial scale of variability in small-mammal populations

Ecography

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 328-334

  Bowman, Jeff ^a,b   Forbes, Graham ^a   Dilworth, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SCALE EFFECT; SMALL MAMMAL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034044819     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2000.tb00288.x     Document Type: Article

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