Modelling the distribution of red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) on the Isle of Wight

Animal Conservation

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-120

  Rushton, S P ^a   Lurz, P W W ^a   South, A B ^a   Mitchell Jones, A ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS VULGARIS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 0001767281     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943099000438     Document Type: Article

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