Status and habitat relationships of northern flying squirrels on Mount Desert Island, Maine

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 127-136

  O'Connell Jr , Allan F ^a   Servello, Frederick A ^a   Higgins, Jennifer ^a,b   Halteman, William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Wildl Resources Assessment Section   (United States)

^c University of Maine   (United States)

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EID: 0142017817     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3858366     Document Type: Article

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