Role of predator odor in roost site selection of southern flying squirrels

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 144-149

  Borgo, Jennifer S ^a,c   Conner, L Mike ^b   Conover, Michael R ^a,c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Jack H Berryman Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Deterrent; Flying squirrel; Georgia; Glaucomys volans; Olfaction; Picoides borealis; Predation risk; Predator; Red cockaded woodpecker; Roost

Indexed keywords

NEST BOX; OLFACTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SITE SELECTION;

AVES; GLAUCOMYS VOLANS; LAMPROPELTIS GETULA; LYNX RUFUS; PANTHEROPHIS GUTTATUS; PICOIDES BOREALIS; PROCYON LOTOR; PTEROMYINI; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; SCIURUS NIGER; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 33646547610     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[144:ROPOIR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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