Effects of biological control agents and exotic plant invasion on deer mouse populations

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 241-253

  Ortega, Yvette K ^a   Pearson, Dean E ^a   McKelvey, Kevin S ^a  

^a USDA Forest Service Forestry Science Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control agents; Centaurea maculosa; Deer mice; Exotic plants; Food subsidies; Lolo National Forest, Montana, USA; Nontarget effects; Peromyscus maniculatus; Spotted knapweed; Urophora spp.

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NONTARGET ORGANISM; RODENT;

LOLO NATIONAL FOREST; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA MACULOSA; CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA; UROPHORA; UROPHORA AFFINIS; UROPHORA QUADRIFASCIATA;

EID: 1242298831     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-5276     Document Type: Article

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