Seasonal changes in home-range area and fidelity of martens

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 180-190

  Phillips, David M ^a   Harrison, Daniel J ^a   Payer, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fidelity; Home range; Martes americana; Seasonal; Social organization; Spacing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001739079     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382853     Document Type: Article

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