Population dynamics of nine-banded armadillos: Insights from a removal experiment

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 381-392

  McDonough, Colleen M ^a   Lockhart, J Mitchell ^a   Loughry, W J ^a  

^a VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARMADILLO; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; DASYPODIDAE; DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 34848905109     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2007)6[381:PDONAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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