Gray squirrel density, habitat suitability, and behavior in urban parks

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-255

  Parker, Tommy S ^a,b   Nilon, Charles H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Behavior; Squirrel; Urbanization; Wariness

Indexed keywords

SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 50149101508     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-008-0060-0     Document Type: Article

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