Space use and multi-scale habitat selection of adult raccoons in central Mississippi

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 334-340

  Chamberlain, Michael J ^a   Conner, L Mike ^b   Leopold, Bruce D ^c   Hodges, Kurt M ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compositional analysis; Core use area; Habitat use; Home range; Mississippi; Movement; Procyon lotor; Raccoon

Indexed keywords

CANID; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; SPACE USE;

MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 0037695055     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802775     Document Type: Article

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