Of mice and men and trillium: Cascading effects of forest fragmentation

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1193-1203

  Tallmon, David A ^a,e   Jules, Erik S ^b   Radke, Nikki J ^c   Mills, L Scott ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Demography; Direct and indirect effects; Edge effects; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape ecology; Pacific Northwest, USA; Peromyscus maniculatus; Plant animal interactions; Population dynamics; Trillium recruitment, southwest Oregon, USA

Indexed keywords

DEER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MOVEMENT; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA; TRILLIUM; TRILLIUM OVATUM;

EID: 0346269256     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-5111     Document Type: Article

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