Diet of the Mogollon vole as indicated by stable-isotope analysis (δ13C and δ15N)

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-160

  Chambers, Carol L ^a   Doucett, Richard R ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon stable isotope; Diet; Livestock grazing Arizona; Microtus mogollonensis; Mogollon vole; Nitrogen stable isotope

Indexed keywords

MICROTUS MOGOLLONENSIS; MURIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 41249083365     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2008)68[153:DOTMVA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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