Spatial overlap between sympatric Microtus brandti (Rodentia, Microtinae) and Ochotona daurica (Lagomorpha, Ochotonidae) in the steppes of inner Mongolia

Mammalia

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 349-354

  Wang, G ^a,b   Zhou, Q ^c   Zhong, W ^c   Wang, Z ^c  

^a ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Density; Microtus brandti; Ochotona daurica; Seasonal variation; Spatial overlap

Indexed keywords

NICHE OVERLAP; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STEPPE; SYMPATRY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

ARVICOLINAE; LAGOMORPHA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS BRANDTI; MURIDAE; OCHOTONA; OCHOTONA DAURICA; OCHOTONA PRINCEPS; OCHOTONIDAE; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642457306     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2003.67.3.349     Document Type: Article

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