Managing surface rock communities for Neotoma magister

The Allegheny Woodrat: Ecology, Conservation, and Management of a Declining Species

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 133-152

  Hassinger, Jerry D ^a   Butchkoski, Calvin M ^b   Diefenbach, Duane R ^c  

^a Pennsylvania Biological Survey   (United States)

^b Pennyslvania Game Commission   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-36051-5_8     Document Type: Chapter

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