Temporal dynamics in the structure and composition of a desert rodent community

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2649-2655

  Thibault, Katherine M ^a   White, Ethan P ^a   Ernest, S K Morgan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Community properties; Community structure; Desert rodents; Portal, Arizona, USA, desert rodent community; Rank abundance distribution; Rank energy distribution; Resource allocation; Species richness; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENERGY USE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RODENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

RODENTIA;

EID: 7544222007     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0321     Document Type: Article

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