Field identification of the mice Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis and P. maniculatus gracilis in central New York

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 184-189

  Lindquist, Erin Stewart ^a,b   Aquadro, Charles F ^a   McClearn, Deedra ^a,c   McGowan, Kevin J ^a,d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminant function; External characters; Identification; Peromyscus leucopus; Peromyscus maniculatus; Salivary amylase

Indexed keywords

FIELD METHOD; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; RODENT; TRAPPING;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 1842428798     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v117i2.680     Document Type: Article

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