Hay piles of the mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa) delay plant decomposition

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 618-621

  Karban, Richard ^a   Karban, Claire ^a   Karban, Jesse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplodontia rufa; Cache; California; Drying; Hay pile; Mountain beaver; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

APLODONTIA RUFA; APLODONTIIDAE;

EID: 38549150874     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2007)67[618:HPOTMB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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