Comparative ecology of desert small mammals: A selective review of the past 30 years

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1158-1178

  Kelt, Douglas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; competition; ecological engineers; foraging; keystone species; North America; Palearctic; predation; South America

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; KEYSTONE SPECIES; LITERATURE REVIEW; PALEARCTIC REGION; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION; SMALL MAMMAL;

AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 83755180603     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-S-238.1     Document Type: Review

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