Selection by striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) of farmsteads and buildings as denning sites

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 96-101

  Larivière, Serge ^a,b   Walton, Lyle R ^a   Messier, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Ducks Unlimited Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; DEN; MUSTELID; SITE SELECTION;

CANADA;

CARNIVORA; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 0344258198     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1999)142[0096:SBSSMM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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