Relationships between landscape pattern and space use of three mammalian carnivores in Central Mississippi

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 352-362

  Constible, Juanita M ^a,c   Chamberlain, Michael J ^a   Leopold, Bruce D ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CARNIVORE; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE; MAMMAL; SPACE USE;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS; MAMMALIA; UROCYON; UROCYON CINEREOARGENTEUS;

EID: 33646232734     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2006)155[352:RBLPAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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