Rodent communities in an exurbanizing southwestern landscape (U.S.A.)

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1242-1250

  Bock, Carl E ^a   Jones, Zach F ^b   Bock, Jane H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Development; Grassland; Grazing; Housing; Livestock; Mesquite; Oak

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GRASSLAND; HOUSING; LAND USE; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; RODENT; SAVANNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSING; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARIZONA; BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSING; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENTIA;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PROSOPIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33746369462     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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