Movements and habitat use of the Key Largo woodrat

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 725-736

  McCleery, Robert A ^a   Lopez, Roel R ^a   Silvy, Nova J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA FLORIDANA SMALLI;

EID: 33846815134     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2006)5[725:MAHUOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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