Ecological correlates of flying squirrel microhabitat use and density in temperate rainforests of southeastern Alaska

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 663-674

  Smith, Winston P ^a   Gende, Scott M ^a,b   Nichols, Jeffrey V ^a,c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Glaucomys sabrinus griseifrons; Logistic regression; Macrohabitat; Microhabitat use; Northern flying squirrel; Old growth; Southeastern Alaska; Temperate rainforest

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION DENSITY; RAINFOREST; RODENT;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; GLAUCOMYS; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS GRISEIFRONS; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA; VACCINIUM;

EID: 4344619250     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BFW-004     Document Type: Article

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