Nest trees of northern flying squirrels in the Sierra Nevada

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 275-280

  Meyer, Marc D ^a,b   Kelt, Douglas A ^a   North, Malcolm P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaucomys sabrinus; Nest trees; Radiotelemetry; Riparian habitat; Sierra Nevada; Snags

Indexed keywords

NEST SITE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RODENT; SNAG;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABIES; ABIES MAGNIFICA; CALOCEDRUS DECURRENS; CONIFEROPHYTA; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; PETAURISTINAE; RIPARIA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 17644386869     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BEH-110.1     Document Type: Article

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