Ord's kangaroo rats living in floodplain habitats: Factors contributing to habitat attraction

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 411-418

  Miller, Michael S ^a,c   Wilson, Kenneth R ^a   Andersen, Douglas C ^b  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS ORDII; FORMICIDAE; MACROPUS SP.; PERIDERIDIA GAIRDNERI; POGONOMYRMEX OCCIDENTALIS; RIPARIA;

EID: 0141725360     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0411:OKRLIF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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