Habitat heterogeneity, habitat associations, and rodent species diversity in a sand-shinnery-oak landscape

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 743-753

  Cramer, Michael J ^a   Willig, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Habitat associations; Habitat heterogeneity; Rodents; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

UNITED STATES;

DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS ORDII; QUERCUS; QUERCUS HAVARDII; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036670716     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<0743:HHHAAR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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