Conservation and social structure of Stephens' kangaroo rat: Implications from burrow-use behavior

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-57

  Brock, Rachel E ^a   Kelt, Douglas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burrow use; Dipodomys stephensi; Heteromyidae; Population estimation; Spatial variation; Stephens' kangaroo rat; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

BURROW; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; RODENT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS STEPHENSI; HETEROMYIDAE; MACROPUS SP.; RODENTIA;

EID: 1542288739     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2004)085<0051:CASSOS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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