Nest tree use by the endangered Virginia northern flying squirrel in the Central Appalachian mountains

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 355-368

  Menzel, Jennifer M ^a   Ford, W Mark ^a   Edwards, John W ^b   Menzel, Michael A ^b  

^a USDA Forest Service Northeastern Research Station Parsons   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT USE; NEST SITE; RODENT;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

BETULA; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; GLAUCOMYS; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS FUSCUS; MAGNOLIA; MAGNOLIA FRASERI; MAGNOLIACEAE; PETAURISTINAE; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 1942538248     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2004)151[0355:NTUBTE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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