Communal nesting and reproduction of the Southern Flying Squirrel in Montane Virginia

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 563-576

  Reynolds, Richard J ^a   Fies, Michael L ^a   Pagels, John F ^b  

^a Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLAUCOMYS VOLANS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 73649091454     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.016.n406     Document Type: Article

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