Characteristics of Abert's squirrel (Sciurus aberti) cavity nests

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-70

  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

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS PONDEROSA; POPULUS; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS ABERTI;

EID: 33645676292     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[64:COASSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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