Long-distance movements in cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) and prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 309-319

  Diffendorfer, James E ^a   Slade, Norman A ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; IMMIGRANT; MOVEMENT; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RODENT;

KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MAMMALIA; MARTES PENNANTI; MICROTUS; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; SIGMODON; SIGMODON HISPIDUS;

EID: 0036810760     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2002)148[0309:LDMICR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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