Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) demography in central Massachusetts

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 480-484

  Hale, Mary B ^a   Fuller, Todd K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; PORCUPINE; STARVATION; SURVIVAL;

USA, MASSACHUSETTS, PRESCOTT PENINSULA;

ERETHIZON DORSATUM;

EID: 0029731903     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z96-056     Document Type: Article

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