Habitat selection and home range dynamics of eastern spotted skunks in the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas, USA

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-25

  Lesmeister, Damon B ^a   Gompper, Matthew E ^a   Millspaugh, Joshua J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivore; Eastern spotted skunk; Habitat selection; Home range size; Ouachita Mountains; Picoides borealis; Red cockaded woodpecker; Spilogale putorius

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; MUSTELID; PREDATION RISK; RANGE SIZE; REPRODUCTION; SITE FIDELITY; TELEMETRY;

NORTH AMERICA; OUACHITA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

CARNIVORA; PICOIDES BOREALIS; PINUS ECHINATA; SPILOGALE PUTORIUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58449137141     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-447     Document Type: Article

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