Habitat associated with daytime refugia of fox squirrels in a longleaf pine forest

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 123-129

  Conner, L Mike ^a   Godbois, Ivy A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT LOSS; POPULATION DECLINE; REFUGE; RODENT;

CANIDAE; PINUS; PINUS PALUSTRIS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS NIGER;

EID: 0038107828     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2003)150[0123:HAWDRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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