Dynamics of rodent assemblages inhabiting abandoned petroleum landfarms in Oklahoma

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1016-1027

  Wilson, J A ^a,b   Lochmiller, R L ^a   Janz, D M ^a,c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contamination; Cotton rats; Diversity; Evenness; Landfarms; Oklahoma, USA; Petroleum; Reithrodontomys fulvescens; Sigmodon hispidus

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; PETROLEUM; RODENT;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MICROTUS; MURIDAE; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; REITHRODONTOMYS; REITHRODONTOMYS FULVESCENS; RODENTIA; SIGMODON; SIGMODON HISPIDUS;

EID: 4444341873     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5008     Document Type: Article

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