Effects of fire on small mammal communities in frequent-fire forests in California

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 107-119

  Roberts, Susan L ^a,b   Kelt, Douglas A ^b   Van Wagtendonk, Jan W ^a   Miles, A Keith ^c   Meyer, Marc D ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

fire effects; frequent fire forests; nonparametric multiplicative modeling; reintroduced fire; small mammal community; species diversity

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; FOREST FIRE; GENERALIST; HETEROGENEITY; NATURAL RESOURCE; REINTRODUCTION; RODENT; SPECIES EVENNESS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS;

EID: 84928990151     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyu011     Document Type: Article

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