Tale of two metrics: Density and biomass in a desert rodent community

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 840-851

  Hernndez, Lucina ^a,b   Laundr, John W ^a,b   Gonzlez Romero, Alberto ^a   Lpez Portillo, Jorge ^a   Grajales, Karina M ^a  

^a Instituto de Ecologa   (Mexico)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

biomass; Chihuahuan Desert; density; rodent community

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DATA SET; DESERT; DOMINANCE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION COVER;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT;

CHAETODIPUS NELSONI; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA ALBIGULA; RODENTIA;

EID: 80051900906     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-175.1     Document Type: Article

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