Settlement behaviour and population dynamics of reintroduced red squirrels Sciurus vulgaris in a park in Antwerp, Belgium

Biological Conservation

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 101-107

  Wauters, Luc A ^b   Somers, Lut ^a   Dhondt, André A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conservation; Population dynamics; Red squirrel; Reintroduetions; Reproductive rate

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DYNAMICS; RED SQUIRREL; REINTRODUCTION; SETTLEMENT;

BELGIUM, ANTWERP;

SCIURUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0030810647     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00007-4     Document Type: Article

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