Catastrophic Decline of a High-Density Population of Hispid Cotton Rats (Sigmodon Hispidus) in Central Oklahoma

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 467-471

  Clark, Jay E ^a   Hellgren, Eric C ^a   Jorgensen, Eric E ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SIGMODON HISPIDUS;

EID: 0141501939     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0467:CDOAHP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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