Validating the use of woodrat (Neotoma) middens for documenting natural invasions

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 333-342

  Lyford, Mark E ^a   Jackson, Stephen T ^a   Gray, Stephen T ^a,b   Eddy, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conifer woodlands; Juniperus osteosperma; Neotoma cinerea; Plant invasions; Plant macrofossils; Quaternary ecology; Woodrat middens

Indexed keywords

MIDDEN; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT COMMUNITY; QUATERNARY; RANGE EXPANSION; RODENT;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

ABIES; CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA; JUNIPERUS SCOPULORUM; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA CINEREA; PINUS EDULIS; PINUS FLEXILIS; PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; RODENTIA;

EID: 1442338559     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0305-0270.2003.00987.x     Document Type: Article

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