Niche overlap in sympatric populations of fox and gray squirrels

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 354-363

  Edwards, John W ^a,b   Heckel, David G ^a   Guynn Jr , David C ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fox squirrel; Georgia; Gray squirrel; Mantel test; Niche breadth; Niche overlap; Piedmont; Sciurus carolinensis; Sclurus niger

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; FOX SQUIRREL; GREY SQUIRREL; NICHE OVERLAP;

GEORGIA; USA;

PINUS; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; SCIURUS NIGER;

EID: 0031943094     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802299     Document Type: Article

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