Spatio-temporal relationships among adult raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Central Mississippi

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 297-308

  Chamberlain, Michael J ^a   Leopold, Bruce D ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; HOME RANGE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MISSISSIPPI; TALLAHALA WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA; UNITED STATES;

PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 0036811319     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2002)148[0297:STRAAR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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