Comparing the landscape level perceptual abilities of forest sciurids in fragmented agricultural landscapes

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 523-533

  Zollner, Patrick A ^a,b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chipmunks (Tamias striatus); Connectivity; Dispersal; Fox squirrel (Sciurus niger); Gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis); Habitat isolation; Inter patch movements; Perceptual range

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PATCHINESS; PERCEPTION; RODENT;

SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; SCIURUS NIGER; TAMIAS STRIATUS;

EID: 0033913327     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008154532512     Document Type: Article

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