Habitat associations of small mammals at two spatial scales in the northern Sierra Nevada

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 402-413

  Coppeto, Stephanie A ^a   Kelt, Douglas A ^a   Van Vuren, Dirk H ^a   Wilson, James A ^a   Bigelow, Seth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Canonical correspondence analysis; Coniferous forests; Macrohabitat; Microhabitat; Sierra Nevada; Small mammals; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CANOPY; HABITAT; MAMMAL; SHRUB; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES MAGNIFICA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CRICETINAE; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS LONGICAUDUS; MICROTUS MONTANUS; MURIDAE; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA FUSCIPES; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS BEECHEYI; SPERMOPHILUS LATERALIS; TAMIAS; TAMIAS QUADRIMACULATUS;

EID: 33646232226     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-086R1.1     Document Type: Article

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