Application of the new keystone-species concept to prairie dogs: How well does it work?

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1715-1721

  Kotliar, N B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; KEYSTONE SPECIES; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS;

EID: 0034496404     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.98384.x     Document Type: Review

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