Natal habitat-biased dispersal in the Siberian flying squirrel

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1621, 2007, Pages 2063-2068

  Selonen, Vesa ^a   Hanski, Ilpo K ^b   Desrochers, André ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dispersal strategy; Habitat selection; Imprinting; Population redistribution

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; JUVENILE; NATAL DISPERSAL; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HABITAT SELECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SQUIRREL;

PTEROMYINI; PTEROMYS VOLANS;

EID: 34547203087     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0570     Document Type: Article

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