Habitat associations of dusky-footed woodrats (Neotoma fuscipes) in mixed-conifer forest of the northern Sierra Nevada

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1523-1531

  Innes, Robin J ^a   Van Vuren, Dirk H ^a   Kelt, Douglas A ^a   Johnson, Michael L ^a   Wilson, James A ^a   Stine, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dusky footed woodrat; Habitat association; House use; House site association; Neotoma fuscipes; Quercus kelloggii; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECISION MAKING; GROWTH RATE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MICROHABITAT; MIXED FOREST; RAPTOR; RODENT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA FUSCIPES; QUERCUS; QUERCUS KELLOGGII; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 37549044675     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-002R.1     Document Type: Article

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