Patch assessment in fox squirrels: The role of resource density, patch size, and patch boundaries

American Naturalist

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 360-380

  Schmidt, Kenneth A ^a   Brown, Joel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCIURUS NIGER;

FOX SQUIRREL; PATCH SIZE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE DENSITY;

EID: 0029668174     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285856     Document Type: Article

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