Habitat selection of the salt marsh harvest mouse and sympatric rodent species

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 732-742

  Bias, Michael A ^a   Morrison, Michael L ^b  

^a Ecosystem Restoration Sciences Inc   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat use; Reithrodontomys raviventris; Rodents; Salt marsh; Salt marsh harvest mouse; Small mammal assemblage

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; RODENT; SALTMARSH;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOLANO COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX PATULA; CERVIDAE; CHENOPODIUM BONUS-HENRICUS; CRICETIDAE; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS CALIFORNICUS; MURIDAE; MUS MUSCULUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RATTUS; REITHRODONTOMYS MEGALOTIS; REITHRODONTOMYS RAVIVENTRIS; RODENTIA; SALICORNIA; SALICORNIA VIRGINICA; SOREX;

EID: 33746353100     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[732:HSOTSM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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