Mammals in mechanically thinned and non-thinned mixed-coniferous forest in the Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 431-443

  Wampler, Christina R ^a   Frey, Jennifer K ^a   VanLeeuwen, Dawn M ^a   Boren, Jon C ^a   Baker, Terrell T ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; MICROTUS LONGICAUDUS; MURIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; SCIURIDAE; TAMIAS CANIPES; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 57649178022     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/CLG-10.1     Document Type: Article

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