Habitat exploration and use in dispersing juvenile flying squirrels

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1440-1449

  Selonen, Vesa ^a   Hanski, Ilpo K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dispersal strategy; Individual variation; Movement behaviour; Population redistribution

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; EXPLORATION; HABITAT USE; RODENT;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; SCIURIDAE;

PTEROMYINI; PTEROMYS VOLANS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 33749658942     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01168.x     Document Type: Article

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