Mesic deciduous forest as patches of small-mammal richness within an Appalachian mountain forest

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 627-643

  McShea, William J ^a   Pagels, John ^b   Orrock, John ^c   Harper, Elizabeth ^d   Koy, Kevin ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Clethrionomys; Forest ecology; Landscape ecology; Metapopulation theory; Napaeozapus; Peromyscus; Sorex

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIMBER HARVESTING;

UNITED STATES;

CLETHRIONOMYS; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; NAPAEOZAPUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; SOREX;

EID: 0037903147     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0627:MDFAPO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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