Annual changes in structural complexity of understory vegetation and relative abundance of Peromyscus leucopus in fragmented habitats

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-51

  Anderson, Christine S ^a,b   Meikle, Douglas B ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Forest patch size; Fragmentation; Vegetation structure; White footed mouse

Indexed keywords

FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; PATCH SIZE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; UNDERSTORY;

CRICETINAE; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33244465568     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03192654     Document Type: Article

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