Duration of familial bonds and dispersal patterns for raccoons in South Texas

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 859-872

  Gehrt, Stanley D ^a,b   Fritzell, Erik K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Familial bonds; Philopatry; Procyon lotor; Raccoon; Social organization; Texas

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344795719     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383094     Document Type: Article

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