Big cypress fox squirrel (Sciurus niger avicennia) diet, activity and habitat use on a golf course in southwest Florida

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 403-414

  Ditgen, Rebecca S ^a,c   Shepherd, John D ^b   Humphrey, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING GROUND; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GOLF COURSE; HABITAT USE; MUSHROOM; RODENT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVICENNIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSUS; PINUS ELLIOTTII; SABAL; SABAL PALMETTO; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS NIGER; TAXODIUM;

EID: 36049034921     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2007)158[403:BCFSSN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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