Acorn production and winter reproduction in white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in a southern Piedmont forest

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 483-494

  Scarlett, Todd L ^a  

^a University of South Carolina Lancaster   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARYA; CRICETINAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

EID: 24344471084     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2004)003[0483:APAWRI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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