Small mammal use of suburban and urban parks in central Pennsylvania

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-314

  Mahan, Caroyln G ^a   O'Connell, Timothy J ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLARINA BREVICAUDA; CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE; NAPAEOZAPUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; SORICIDAE; TAMIAS STRIATUS; ZAPUS HUDSONIUS;

EID: 32044439074     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2005)012[0307:SMUOSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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