Population dynamics of small mammals in relation to production of cones in four types of forests in the Northern Sierra Nevada, California

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 346-356

  Wilson, James A ^a,b   Kelt, Douglas A ^a   Van Vuren, Dirk H ^a   Johnson, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES GRANDIS; ABIES MAGNIFICA; CONIFEROPHYTA; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; MAMMALIA; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA FUSCIPES; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS LATERALIS; TAMIAS; TAMIAS QUADRIMACULATUS; TAMIAS SENEX;

EID: 53049089213     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/MLK-02.1     Document Type: Article

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