Distribution and microhabitat of the woodland jumping mouse, Napaeozapus insignis, and the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus, in the southern Appalachians

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 479-486

  Brannon, M Patrick ^a  

^a Highlands Biological Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRICETINAE; DIPODIDAE; FUNGI; NAPAEOZAPUS; NAPAEOZAPUS INSIGNIS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

EID: 33644605340     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2005)004[0479:DAMOTW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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