Faunal soil disturbance regime of a longleaf pine ecosystem

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 133-152

  Simkin, Samuel M ^a,b,c   Michener, William K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMADILLO; DASYPODIDAE; FORMICIDAE; GEOMYIDAE; GEOMYS PINETIS; GOPHERUS; PINUS PALUSTRIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA;

EID: 33644592259     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2005)004[0133:FSDROA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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