Effects of supplemental food on movements of cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) in northeastern Kansas

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1102-1105

  Sulok, Melissa ^a,b   Slade, Norman A ^a   Doonan, Terry J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton rat; Home range; Kansas; Movements; Old field; Sigmodon hispidus; Supplemental food

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HOME RANGE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; RODENT;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SIGMODON; SIGMODON HISPIDUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11144225188     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BEH-112.1     Document Type: Article

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