Extrinsic effects on long-term population trends of Virginia opossums and striped skunks at a large spatial scale

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 168-180

  Gehrt, Stanley D ^a,c   Hubert Jr , George F ^b   Ellis, Jack A ^b  

^a Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MAMMAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ROADKILL;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARNIVORA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; MAMMALIA; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS;

EID: 32644437978     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2006)155[0168:EEOLPT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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