Effects of landscape spatial structure on movement patterns of the hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus)

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-65

  Bowne, David R ^a,b   Peles, John D ^a   Barrett, Gary W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corridor; Cotton rat; Matrix; Micro habitat selection; Movement patterns; Sigmodon hispidus; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

FOREST; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MOVEMENT;

PINUS TAEDA; SIGMODON HISPIDUS;

EID: 0032987605     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008025827895     Document Type: Article

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