Dispersion of kangaroo rat mounds at multiple scales in New Mexico, USA

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 267-277

  Schooley, Robert L ^a   Wiens, John A ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Burrows; Desert rodents; Dipodomys spectabilis; Grazing; K function; Patch disturbances; Scale; Semiarid grasslands; Spatial point patterns

Indexed keywords

BURROWING ORGANISM; DISPERSAL; GRASSLAND; HETEROGENEITY;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; DIPODOMYS SPECTABILIS; MACROPUS SP.; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034986688     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011122218548     Document Type: Article

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