Gap-crossing decisions by the red squirrel, a forest-dependent small mammal

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 689-697

  Bakker, Victoria J ^a   Van Vuren, Dirk H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Connectivity; Corridor; Forest dependent mammal; Fragmentation; Gap crossing; Movement behavior; Tamiasciurus hudsonicus; Territorial mammal

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CLEARCUTTING; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MOVEMENT; RODENT;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 2542453874     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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