Long-term study of abundance of the hispid cotton rat in native tallgrass prairie

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 670-676

  Rehmeier, Ryan L ^a   Kaufman, Glennis A ^a   Kaufman, Donald W ^a   McMillan, Brock R ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Hispid cotton rat; Kansas; Sigmodon hispidus; Spatial variation; Tallgrass prairie; Temporal variation; Topography

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; PRAIRIE; RODENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

KANSAS; KONZA PRAIRIE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SIGMODON; SIGMODON HISPIDUS;

EID: 24144500328     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)086[0670:LSOAOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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