Influence of woody vegetation on small mammals in tallgrass prairie

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-19

  Matlack, Raymond S ^a,b   Kaufman, Donald W ^a   Kaufman, Glennis A ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASS; PRAIRIE; RODENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COVER; WOODY PLANT;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; NEOTOMA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; REITHRODONTOMYS MEGALOTIS;

EID: 48649086720     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2008)160[7:IOWVOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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