Does repeated human intrusion alter use of wildland sites by red squirrels? Multiyear experimental evidence

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 374-380

  Gutzwiller, Kevin J ^a   Riffell, Samuel K ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Box 9690 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Attraction; Conservation; Displacement; Human disturbance; Predation; Tamiasciurus hudsonicus; Wildlands; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BREEDING SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT USE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RODENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 43049116143     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-122R1.1     Document Type: Article

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