Modelling the distribution of the red and grey squirrel at the landscape scale: A combined GIS and population dynamics approach

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1137-1154

  Rushton, S P ^a   Lurz, P W W ^a   Fuller, R ^b   Garson, P J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Interspecific competition; Population dynamics models; Sciurus vulgaris; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAROLINENSIS; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; SCIURUS VULGARIS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 0030856855     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2405227     Document Type: Article

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