Space and habitat use by male and female Raccoons, Procyon lotor, in Kansas

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 218-223

  Kamler, Jan F ^a,b   Gipson, Philip S ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Habitat selection; Home range; Kansas; Procyon lotor; Raccoon

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 1842428719     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v117i2.685     Document Type: Article

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