Small mammal responses to thinning and wildfire in ponderosa pine-dominated forests of the southwestern United States

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1711-1722

  Converse, Sarah J ^a,c   White, Gary C ^a   Block, William M ^b  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Effective trapping area; Fire surrogate; Mark recapture; Model selection; Peromyscus; Population density; Small mammals; Tamias; Thinning; Weighted regression; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOMASS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; HABITAT STRUCTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MODELING; RODENT; THINNING; WILDFIRE;

ARIZONA; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; PINUS PONDEROSA; TAMIAS; TAMIAS CINEREICOLLIS; TAMIAS MINIMUS;

EID: 33846784016     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1711:SMRTTA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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