Movement and macrohabitat selection of the eastern massasauga in a fen habitat

Herpetologica

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-150

  Marshall Jr , John C ^a,b   Manning, Jennifer V ^a   Kingsbury, Bruce A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Compositional analysis; Eastern massasauga; Fens; Habitat selection; Kernel density; Movement; Reptile; Sistrurus; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEN; HABITAT SELECTION; MOVEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAKE;

REPTILIA; SISTRURUS; SISTRURUS CATENATUS CATENATUS;

EID: 33845693577     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/04-12.1     Document Type: Article

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