Vole use of coarse woody debris and implications for habitat and fuel management

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-72

  Ucitel, Dalit ^a,b   Christian, Donald P ^a   Graham, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b ARAVA INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clethrionomys gapperi; Coarse woody debris; Forest management; Fuel; Habitat; Montana; Redbacked vole

Indexed keywords

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RODENT; WILDFIRE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CLETHRIONOMYS GAPPERI; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037288216     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3803062     Document Type: Article

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