Transect versus grid trapping arrangements for sampling small-mammal communities

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 454-459

  Pearson, Dean E ^a   Ruggiero, Leonard F ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Community composition; Relative abundance; Sampling methods; Small mammals; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MAMMAL; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRANSECT;

UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037489516     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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