Demographic and behavioral responses of southern flying squirrels to experimental logging in Arkansas

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1144-1155

  Taulman, James F ^a,c   Smith, Kimberly G ^a   Thill, Ronald E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Even aged and uneven aged; Experimental logging in Arkansas (USA); Flying squirrels and forest disturbance; Forest corridors; Forest fragmentation; Glaucomys volans; Greenbelts; Habitat selection; Nest box usage by flying squirrels; Ouachita National Forest (Arkansas, USA); Silviculture; Southern flying squirrel densities; Through harvested areas

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DEMOGRAPHY; LOGGING; RODENT;

ARKANSAS; OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

GLAUCOMYS VOLANS;

EID: 0031767898     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[1144:DABROS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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