Home range and habitat use of the Vulnerable Virginia northern flying squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus in the Central Appalachian Mountains, USA

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Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 204-210

  Menzel, Jennifer M ^a,b   Ford, W Mark ^b   Edwards, John W ^c   Terry, Tamara M ^d  

^a Box 404 ^*  (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service Northeastern Research Station Parsons   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Appalachian Mountains; Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus; Northern hardwoods; Spruce; Telemetry; USA; Virginia northern flying squirrel

Indexed keywords

GIS; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SMALL MAMMAL;

APPALACHIANS; KUMBRABOW STATE FOREST; MEADWESTVACO WILDLIFE AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH FOREST; MONONGAHELA NATIONAL FOREST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; WEST VIRGINIA;

GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS FUSCUS; PICEA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 33749144920     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605306000494     Document Type: Article

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