Effect of Arboreal Activity on Species Composition and Abundance Estimates of Rodents in a Chaparral Habitat in Southern California

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 348-351

  Laakkonen, Juha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ARBOREAL SPECIES; CHAPARRAL; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; RODENT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

PEROMYSCUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0142124111     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2003)150[0348:EOAAOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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