Habitat use by meso-predators in a corridor environment

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1111-1118

  Frey, S Nicole ^a,b   Conover, Michael R ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corridors; Habitat use; Linear habitat; Predators; Raccoon; Red Fox; Striped skunk; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT USE; MAMMAL; PREDATION; PREDATOR; WATERFOWL;

BEAR RIVER MIGRATORY BIRD REFUGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; CARNIVORA; MEPHITIS; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 33748996206     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1111:HUBMIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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