Species richness-productivity relationship for small mammals along a desert-grassland continuum: Differential responses of functional groups

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 777-783

  Reed, Aaron W ^a,b   Kaufman, Glennis A ^a   Kaufman, Donald W ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert; Functional group; Grasslands; Primary productivity; Resource heterogeneity; Small mammals; Species richness

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRANIVORY; GRASSLAND; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33748454423     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-253R2.1     Document Type: Article

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