Effects of habitat on small-mammal diversity and abundance in West Virginia

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 814-822

  Osbourne, Joseph D ^a,c   Anderson, James T ^a,c   Spurgeon, Amy B ^a,b,c,d  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Clarke Environmental Mosquito Management   (United States)

^c West Virginia Chapter of TWS ^*  (United States)

^d Clarke Mosquito Control   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian; Diversity; Edge; Interior; Pitfall; Riparian; Small mammal; Upland

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RIPARIAN ZONE; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE; SYNAPTOMYS; SYNAPTOMYS COOPERI;

EID: 30344447555     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[814:EOHOSD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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