The biogeography of small mammals of fragmented sagebrush-steppe landscapes

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1165-1174

  Hanser, Steven E ^a,b   Huntly, Nancy J ^a  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Idaho; Island biogeography; Isolation; Kipuka; Matrix habitat; Sagebrush steppe

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SHRUB; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; STEPPE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; CERVIDAE; CRICETIDAE; MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS;

EID: 33846091173     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-385R2.1     Document Type: Review

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