Diversity of a grassland rodent community at varying temporal scales: The role of ecologically dominant species

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 974-983

  Brady, M J ^a   Slade, N A ^a  

^a LEWIS CLARK STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton rats; Diversity; Ecological dominance; Evenness; Microtus ochrogaster; Prairie voles; Sigmodon hispidus; Species richness; Temporal scale

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; GRASSLAND; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE; OCHROGASTER; RODENTIA; SIGMODON HISPIDUS;

EID: 0035209542     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2001)082<0974:DOAGRC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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