Small mammal responses to silvicultural and precipitation-related disturbance in northeastern Missouri riparian forests

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 485-498

  Elliott, Anthony G ^a   Root, Brian G ^a,b  

^a MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blarina brevicauda; Deer mice; Disturbance; Flooding; Forest floor small mammals; Microtus spp.; Missouri; Peromyscus spp.; Precipitation; Riparian; Short tailed shrew; Silviculture; Sorex spp.; Vole; White footed mice

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SILVICULTURE; SMALL MAMMAL;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BLARINA BREVICAUDA; CRICETIDAE; MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; SOREX;

EID: 33745584067     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[485:SMRTSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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