Explaining movement decisions of forest rodents in fragmented landscapes

Biological Conservation

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 339-348

  Rizkalla, Carol E ^a   Swihart, Robert K ^a  

^a Purdue University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Functional connectivity; Glaucomys volans; Peromyscus leucopus; Tamias striatus; Weather

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; GLAUCOMYS VOLANS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIAS STRIATUS;

EID: 35448953885     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.08.019     Document Type: Article

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