Riparian and upland small mammals on the east slope of the Cascade Range, Washington

Northwest Science

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 94-107

  Lehmkuhl, John F ^a   Peffer, Roger D ^b,c   O'Connell, Margaret A ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BUFFER ZONE; CAPTURE METHOD; DOMINANCE; FUEL; INSECTIVORE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PITFALL TRAP; REFUGE; RIPARIAN FOREST; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; UPLAND REGION; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; MICROTUS LONGICAUDUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS KEENI; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA; SOREX PALUSTRIS; SOREX TROWBRIDGII; ZAPUS PRINCEPS;

EID: 43449125603     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3955/0029-344X-82.2.94     Document Type: Article

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