Effects of southern flying squirrels Glaucomys volans on red-cockaded woodpecker Picoides borealis reproductive success

Animal Conservation

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 295-303

  Laves, Kevin S ^a,b   Loeb, Susan C ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLAUCOMYS VOLANS; PETAURISTINAE; PICOIDES BOREALIS; SANDFLY FEVER SICILIAN VIRUS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0039256559     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943099000633     Document Type: Article

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