Dynamics of peripheral populations of Great Basin Pocket Mice, Perognathus parvus, and Western Harvest Mice, Reithrodontomys megalotis, in Southern British Columbia

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 345-356

  Sullivan, T P ^a,b   Sullivan, Druscilla S ^a  

^a Applied Mammal Research Institute   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British columbia; Conservation; Dispersal; Great basin pocket mouse; Old fields; Perognathus parvus; Population dynamics; Reithrodontomys megalotis; Reproduction; Sagebrush habitat; Western harvest mouse

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIOMASS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISPERSAL; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILE; OLD FIELD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT; SHRUB; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VULNERABILITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; OKANAGAN VALLEY;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; INVERTEBRATA; PEROGNATHUS PARVUS; POACEAE; REITHRODONTOMYS MEGALOTIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953262914     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v122i4.642     Document Type: Article

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