Availability of resources and use of space in Eastern chipmunks, Tamias striatus

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 833-849

  Lacher Jr , Thomas E ^a   Mares, Michael A ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

eastern chipmunk; home range; mast; oaks; population ecology; resources; Tamias striatus; territoriality

Indexed keywords

TAMIAS STRIATUS;

EID: 10344229503     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382689     Document Type: Article

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