Dynamics of rodent populations in semiarid habitats in Lassen County, California

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-82

  Gillespie, Sara C ^a,b   Van Vuren, Dirk H ^a   Kelt, Douglas A ^a   Eadie, John M ^a   Anderson, Daniel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Robertson Bryan Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipodomys californicus; Neotoma fuscipes; Neotoma lepida; Peromyscus maniculatus; Population dynamics; Role of precipitation; Small mammals; Tamias

Indexed keywords

DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS CALIFORNICUS; MAMMALIA; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA FUSCIPES; NEOTOMA LEPIDA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA; TAMIAS;

EID: 42249095652     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2008)68[76:DORPIS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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