Small-mammal relationships with down wood and antelope bitterbrush in ponderosa pine forests of central Oregon

Forest Science

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 711-728

  Smith, Troy G ^a,b   Maguire, Chris C ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b United States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Peromyscus maniculatus; Pinus ponderosa; Purshia tridentata; Spermophilus lateralis; Tamias amoenus

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CHIPMUNK DENSITY; DOWN-WOOD AFFILIATIONS; SHRUB-COVER CONDITIONS; WILDFIRES;

WOOD;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; PINUS; SHRUBS; WOOD;

CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; PINUS PONDEROSA; PURSHIA; PURSHIA TRIDENTATA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS LATERALIS; TAMIAS; TAMIAS AMOENUS; TRIDENTATA; UNDETERMINED SCIURIDAE 'CHIPMUNKS';

EID: 9644274033     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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