Annual variation in habitat use by white-footed mice, Peromyscus leucopus: The effects of forest patch size, edge and surrounding vegetation type

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 192-198

  Anderson, Christine S ^a   Meikle, Douglas B ^b   Cady, Alan B ^b   Schaefer, Robert L ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Edge habitat; Exterior matrix; Forest patches; Habitat preference; Indiana; Ohio; Peromyscus leucopus; White footed mice

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; PATCH SIZE; RAINFALL; RODENT; SIZE EFFECT; VEGETATION TYPE;

INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

EID: 37249030401     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v120i2.287     Document Type: Article

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