Distribution and status of the Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) and Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) in Ireland

Mammal Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-56

  Teangana, D O ^a,c   Reilly, S ^b,d   Montgomery, W I ^a   Rochford, J ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d 16 Rathfarnham Park ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Dispersal rates; Ireland; Range expansion; Sciurus carolinensis; Sciurus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; RANGE EXPANSION; RODENT;

IRELAND; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CAROLINENSIS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; SCIURUS VULGARIS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 0033925816     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2907.2000.00054.x     Document Type: Article

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