Dusky-footed woodrat demography and prescribed fire in a California oak woodland

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1211-1220

  Lee, Derek E ^a,b   Tietje, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Dusky footed woodrat; Emigration; Fire; Neotoma fuscipes; Population dynamics; Robust design; Rodents

Indexed keywords

HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RODENT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA FUSCIPES; POLLACHIUS VIRENS; RODENTIA;

EID: 27944485703     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[1211:DWDAPF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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