Spatiotemporal variation in rodent abundance in the San Joaquin Valley, California

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 66-75

  Cypher, Brian L ^a,b  

^a Nav Petrol Reserves California E   (United States)

^b Endangered Species Recovery Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMOSPERMOPHILUS NELSONI; ANTELOPE; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CRICETINAE; DIPODOMYS HEERMANNI; DIPODOMYS NITRATOIDES; DIPODOMYS NITRATOIDES BREVINASUS; MACROPUS SP.; ONYCHOMYS; ONYCHOMYS TORRIDUS; PEROGNATHUS INORNATUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; POACEAE; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0035026249     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3672375     Document Type: Article

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