Raccoons use habitat edges in northern Illinois

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 394-402

  Barding, Erin E ^a,b   Nelson, Thomas A ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MAMMAL; MOVEMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; RANGE SIZE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 42449155838     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2008)159[394:RUHEIN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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