Microhabitat associations of northern flying squirrels in burned and thinned forest stands of the Sierra Nevada

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 202-211

  Meyer, Marc D ^a,b   Kelt, Douglas A ^b   North, Malcolm P ^a,b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOREST CANOPY; LEAF LITTER; MICROHABITAT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RODENT; THINNING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; TEAKETTLE EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; PTEROMYINI; SCIURIDAE; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 33846865604     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2007)157[202:MAONFS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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