Raccoon habitat use at 2 spatial scales

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 102-112

  Pedlar, John H ^a,b   Fahrig, Lenore ^a   Merriam, H Gray ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Apartment 607 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

agricultural edge; forest remnants; habitat use; microhabitat; Ontario; Poisson regression; rabies; raccoon; rural areas; spatial scale; tracking stations

Indexed keywords

PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; ZEA MAYS;

HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; RACCOON; SCALE;

CANADA, ONTARIO, OTTAWA;

EID: 0030746025     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802419     Document Type: Article

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