Population Characteristics of Virginia Opossum in the Cross Timbers during Raccoon Reduction

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 154-163

  Kasparian, Maral A ^a   Hellgren, Eric C ^a   Ginger, Shauna M ^a   Levesque, Laurence P ^a   Clark, Jay E ^a   Winkelman, Dana L ^a   Engle, David M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; KEYSTONE SPECIES; PREDATOR;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 0842291599     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2004)151[0154:PCOVOI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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