Dispersal and mortality of prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) in fragmented landscapes: A field experiment

Oikos

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 209-217

  Smith, Jennifer E ^a   Batzli, George O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; MORTALITY; MOWING; RODENT;

MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE;

EID: 33645121015     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2006.13431.x     Document Type: Article

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