Synergistic stressors and the dilemma of conservation in a multivariate world: A case study in Allegheny woodrats

Animal Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-213

  Smyser, T J ^a   Johnson, S A ^b   Page, L K ^c   Rhodes, Jr ^a,d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allegheny woodrat; Baylisascaris procyonis; Genetic isolation; Habitat fragmentation; Hard mast; Neotoma magister; Population decline; Raccoon roundworm

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENETIC ISOLATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMALIA; BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; CASTANEA DENTATA; NEMATODA; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA MAGISTER; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 84859225903     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2011.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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