Resource selection and predation of North American red squirrels in deciduous forest fragments

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-28

  Goheen, Jacob R ^a   Swihart, Robert K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deciduous forest; Habitat; Home range; Red squirrel; Resource selection; Survival; Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; PREDATION; RADIOTELEMETRY; RESOURCE SELECTION; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

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

CONIFEROPHYTA; JUGLANS; JUGLANS NIGRA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 14044258514     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)086<0022:RSAPON>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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