Diversity of den sites used by pine martens Martes martes: A response to the scarcity of arboreal cavities?

Mammal Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 313-320

  Birks, Johnny D S ^a   Messenger, John E ^a   Halliwell, Elisabeth C ^b  

^a Martin Ryan Building   (United Kingdom)

^b Countryside Council for Wales ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insulation; Natal den; Predation; Resting site; Roof void; Standing dead wood; Suboptimal; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; DEN; HABITAT TYPE; MUSTELID;

MARTES; MARTES MARTES;

EID: 33744781018     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2005.00068.x     Document Type: Article

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