The use of nest boxes by the Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris in a coniferous habitat

Mammal Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-66

  Shuttleworth, C M ^a  

^a Rhiwlas Bach   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nest box; Red Squirrel; Sciurus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; MAMMAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS VULGARIS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 0032825882     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2907.1999.00036.x     Document Type: Article

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