Landscape characteristics associated with the occurrence of the flying squirrel Pteromys volans in old-growth forests of northern Finland

Ecography

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 634-642

  Mönkkönen, Mikko ^a   Reunanen, Pasi ^a   Nikula, Ari ^b   Inkeröinen, Jouko ^a   Forsman, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLYING SQUIRREL; FOREST STRUCTURE; HABITAT OCCUPANCY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

FINLAND;

PTEROMYS VOLANS;

EID: 2642648642     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1997.tb00432.x     Document Type: Article

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