Mechanisms driving postfire abundance of a generalist mammal

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-60

  Zwolak, R ^a,d   Pearson, D E ^a,b   Ortega, Y K ^a,b   Crone, E E ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; FOREST FIRE; GENERALIST; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROHABITAT; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RODENT; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84855451730     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z11-111     Document Type: Article

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