Distribution of eastern woodrats in a grassland-woodland mosaic: Influence of vegetation and fire

Great Plains Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 157-166

  Beckmann, Jon P ^a   Kaufman, Glennis A ^b   Kaufman, Donald W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern woodrat; Konza Prairie; Prairie fires; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; HABITAT MOSAIC; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RODENT; WOODLAND;

NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA FLORIDANA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036523755     PISSN: 10525165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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