Landscape associations of road-killed Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana) in Central Massachusetts

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 128-134

  Kanda, L Leann ^a,b   Fuller, Todd K ^a   Sievert, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b SIENA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

CONNECTICUT RIVER; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 33748167408     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2006)156[128:LAORVO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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