A five-species assemblage of shrews from the Sagebrush-Steppe of Wyoming

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-89

  Kirkland Jr , Gordon L ^a   Parmenter, Robert R ^b   Skoog, Robert E ^b  

^a SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

ecology; microhabitat selection; sagebrush steppe; shrews; Sorex; Soricidae; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; NANUS; SOREX; SORICIDAE;

EID: 8244233156     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382641     Document Type: Article

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