Dispersal pattern and effective population size of the beaver

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 393-398

  Sun, Lixing ^a   Müller Schwarze, Dietland ^b   Schulte, Bruce A ^c  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; DISPERSAL; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; RODENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ALLEGANY STATE PARK; NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

CASTOR CANADENSIS;

EID: 0034081462     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-226     Document Type: Article

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