Forest habitat associations of the golden-mantled ground squirrel: Implications for fuels management

Northwest Science

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-139

  Shick, Katharine R ^a   Pearson, Dean E ^b   Ruggiero, Leonard F ^b  

^a Rocky Mountain Research Station ^*  (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST; HABITAT TYPE; MICROHABITAT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RODENT; TREELINE;

LARIX; LARIX OCCIDENTALIS; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS LATERALIS;

EID: 33748104584     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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