Assessing competition between forest rodents in a fragmented landscape of midwestern USA

Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 345-356

  Nupp, T E ^a   Swihart, R K ^b  

^a ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Fragmentation; Habitat selection; Rodents

Indexed keywords

EID: 28244477468     PISSN: 00443468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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