Monitoring red squirrels Sciurus vulgaris and grey squirrels Sciurus carolinensis in Britain

Mammal Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 51-74

  Gurnell, J ^a   Lurz, P W W ^b   Shirley, M D F ^b   Cartmel, S ^a   Garson, P J ^b   Magris, L ^a   Steele, J ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Thetford Forest District   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Census techniques; Drey counts; Feeding transects; Hair tube surveys; Monitoring; Power analysis; Tree squirrels; Visual surveys

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RODENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CAROLINENSIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; MAMMALIA; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; SCIURUS VULGARIS; TAMIASCIURUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 1542402001     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0305-1838.2003.00028.x     Document Type: Article

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