Influence of canopy closure and shrub coverage on travel along coarse woody debris by eastern chipmunks (Tamias striatus)

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 151-157

  Zollner, Patrick A ^a   Crane, Kevin J ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; MOVEMENT; PREDATION RISK; RODENT; SHRUB;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA; TAMIAS; TAMIAS STRIATUS; UNDETERMINED SCIURIDAE 'CHIPMUNKS';

EID: 0038107819     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2003)150[0151:IOCCAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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