Denning patterns of Porcupines, Erethizon dorsatum

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 634-637

  Griesemer, Sara J ^b   Fuller, Todd K ^b   Degraaf, Richard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

den; Erethizon dorsatum; Massachusetts; Porcupine

Indexed keywords

ERETHIZON DORSATUM;

DENNING; PORCUPINE; WINTER;

USA, MASSACHUSETTS;

EID: 0030299383     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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