Population status and habitat selection of the endangered Key Largo woodrat

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 197-209

  McCleery, Robert A ^a   Lopez, Roel R ^a   Silvy, Nova J ^a   Frank, Philip A ^b   Klett, Steven B ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT SELECTION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY;

NEOTOMA FLORIDANA SMALLI;

EID: 32644435803     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2006)155[0197:PSAHSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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