Site characteristics of river otter (Lontra canadensis) natal dens in Minnesota

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-117

  Gorman, Thomas A ^a,c   Erb, John D ^b   McMillan, Brock R ^a   Martin, Daniel J ^a,d   Homyack, Jessica A ^c  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEN; HABITAT USE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; MUSTELID; RADIOTELEMETRY; SITE CHARACTERIZATION;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARNIVORA; CASTOR CANADENSIS; LONTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRINAE; POPULUS GRANDIDENTATA;

EID: 33748165639     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2006)156[109:SCOROL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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