Dispersal patterns of juvenile Townsend's ground squirrels in southwestern Idaho

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2084-2089

  Olson, Gail S ^a   Van Horne, Beatrice ^a  

^a Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; RODENT;

IDAHO; SNAKE RIVER BIRDS OF PREY NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA; UNITED STATES;

SPERMOPHILUS TOWNSENDII;

EID: 0032467597     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-138     Document Type: Article

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