The recovery of grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) populations after intensive control programmes

Biology and Environment

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-29

  Lawton, Colin ^a   Rochford, John ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 34548055893     PISSN: 07917945     EISSN: 2009003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3318/BIOE.2007.107.1.19     Document Type: Article

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