Northern and southern flying squirrel use of space within home ranges in central Ontario

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 242, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 747-755

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diseased trees; G. volans; Glaucomys sabrinus; Habitat use; Home range; Resource selection models; Selection harvesting

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; HARDWOODS; LOGGING (FORESTRY);

FOOD RESOURCES; FORAGING ACTIVITY; HABITAT USE; RESOURCE SELECTION MODELS;

HARVESTING;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; RODENT; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPACE USE; TREEHOLE;

HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; LOGGING;

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

CONIFEROPHYTA; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; GLAUCOMYS VOLANS; PICEA; PTEROMYINI; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 34047165767     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.02.020     Document Type: Article

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