Habitat features affecting beaver occupancy along roadsides in New York state

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 278-287

  Curtis, Paul D ^a   Jensen, Paul G ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Div of Fish Wildl and Mar Rsrc   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaver; Castor canadensis; Habitat; Highways; Logistic regression; New York; Vegetation; Wildlife damage

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; HABITAT SELECTION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; RODENT; VEGETATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTOR FIBER; RODENTIA;

EID: 1942486696     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0278:HFABOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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