Home range and movements of long-tailed weasels in a landscape fragmented by agriculture

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-86

  Gehring, Thomas M ^a   Swihart, Robert K ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Home range; Long tailed weasel; Movements; Mustela frenata; Radiotelemetry; Spatial elements

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; MUSTELID; RADIOTELEMETRY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

MUSTELA; MUSTELA FRENATA; MUSTELIDAE; MUSTELINAE;

EID: 1542288729     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2004)085<0079:HRAMOL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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