BRIDGING AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS: ECOLOGY OF SEMI-AQUATIC MAMMALS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
Mammals in freshwater aquatic systems play important roles as ecosystem engineers, trophic transfer agents, and apex predators, thus acting as indicators of freshwater ecosystem function. Watersheds inhabited by semi-aquatic mammals have increased links between adjacent terrestrial and aquatic ecos...
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OpenSIUC
2016
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| Online Access: | https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1269 https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2273&context=dissertations |