Variation in effects of fragmentation on the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) during the breeding season

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-123

  Wilder, Shawn M ^a   Meikle, Douglas B ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density area relationship; Edge effects; Fragment size; Peromyscus leucopus

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; EDGE EFFECT; FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT; SEASONALITY;

CRICETINAE; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

EID: 33644587253     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-035R1.1     Document Type: Article

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