Diet and tree use of Abert's squirrels (Sciurus aberti) in a mixed-conifer forest

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 461-465

  Edelman, Andrew J ^a,b   Koprowski, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; FUNGI; PINUS PONDEROSA; PINUS STROBIFORMIS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS ABERTI;

EID: 30344478634     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2005)050[0461:DATUOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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