Expanded home ranges in a peripheral population: Space use by endangered Mt. Graham red squirrels

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 227-232

  Koprowski, John L ^a   King, Sarah R B ^a   Merrick, Melissa J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Conservation; Geographic range; Isolation; Limital population; Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOME RANGE; RADIOTELEMETRY; RANGE EXPANSION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RODENT; SPACE USE; TERRITORIALITY;

SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 41049104027     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00026     Document Type: Article

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