Microhabitat selection by small mammals in a southern Appalachian fen in the USA

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 219-224

  Rossell Jr , C R ^a   Rossell, I M ^b  

^a WARREN WILSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fen; Microhabitat; North Carolina; Ochrotomys; Peromyscus; Small mammals; Southern Appalachians; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

FEN; HABITAT SELECTION; MICROHABITAT; SMALL MAMMAL; WETLAND;

UNITED STATES;

BLARINA BREVICAUDA; OCHROTOMYS NUTTALLI; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; ZAPUS HUDSONIUS;

EID: 0343416196     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008473029564     Document Type: Article

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