Small mammal responses to environmental change: Integrating past and present dynamics

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1157-1174

  Rowe, Rebecca J ^a   Terry, Rebecca C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

baselines; climate change; conservation paleobiology; functional group; Great Basin; historical resurveys; Holocene; land use; natural history collections; small mammals

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HOLOCENE; SMALL MAMMAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 84920436812     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/13-MAMM-S-079     Document Type: Article

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