Small mammal response to vegetation and spoil conditions on a reclaimed surface mine in eastern Kentucky

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 401-412

  Larkin, Jeffery L ^a,b   Maehr, David S ^b   Krupa, James J ^b   Cox, John J ^b   Alexy, Karen ^c   Unger, David E ^b   Barton, Christopher ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

EID: 54749150705     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092-7.3.401     Document Type: Article

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