Forest edge - High or low quality habitat for white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus)?

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 756-769

  Wolf, Mosheh ^a,b   Batzli, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Edge effects; Food availability; Giving up density; Peromyscus leucopus; Risk of predation; White footed mice

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RODENT;

CRICETINAE; INVERTEBRATA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 1642424287     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0474     Document Type: Article

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