Associations of small mammals and amphibians with beaver-occupied streams in the Oregon Coast Range

Northwest Science

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 286-293

  Suzuki, Nobuya ^a   McComb, Brenda C ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; RODENT; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION COVER;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; CASTOR FIBER; CASTORIDAE; CYPERACEAE; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; POACEAE; RIBES; RIPARIA; SAMBUCUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 13644269322     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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