Local- and landscape-level den selection of striped skunks on the Canadian prairies

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-39

  Hwang, Yeen Ten ^a,c   Larivière, Serge ^b   Messier, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Fédération des Trappeurs Gestionnaires du Québec ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; DEN SITES; HABITAT CHARACTERISTICS; SKUNKS;

MAMMALS;

CARNIVORE; DEN; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; LANDSCAPE; MAMMAL; PATCH SIZE; PRAIRIE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

CARNIVORA; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS;

EID: 34248580687     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-192     Document Type: Article

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