Nest-tree use by northern and southern flying squirrels in central Ontario

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 226-233

  Holloway, Gillian L ^a   Malcolm, Jay R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cavity trees; Declining trees; G. volans; Glaucomys sabrinus; Nest trees; Single tree selection; Snags; Yellow bellied sapsuckers

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; NESTING; RADIOTELEMETRY; RODENT;

ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BETULA PENDULA; CONIFEROPHYTA; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; GLAUCOMYS; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; GLAUCOMYS VOLANS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; PTEROMYINI; SCIURIDAE; SPHYRAPICUS VARIUS;

EID: 33847678540     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-368R2.1     Document Type: Article

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