Demography of the Prince of Wales flying squirrel, an endemic of southeastern Alaska temperate rain forest

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1044-1058

  Smith, Winston P ^a   Nichols, Jeffrey V ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Glaucomys sabrinus griseifrons; Northern flying squirrel; Old growth forest; Southeastern Alaska; Temperate rain forest

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RAINFOREST; RODENT;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM MACULATUM; GLAUCOMYS; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS GRISEIFRONS; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0141792646     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BBa-033     Document Type: Article

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