Survival and population growth rate of the threatened siberian flying squirrel (pteromys volans) in a fragmented forest landscape

Ecoscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-74

  Lampila, Satu ^a   Wistbacka, Ralf ^b   Mäkelä, Antero ^b   Orell, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Habitat loss; Mark recapture; Source sink

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISPERSAL; EMIGRATION; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSCAPE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; RARE SPECIES; RODENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

SIBERIA;

PTEROMYINI; PTEROMYS VOLANS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 76149125172     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/16-1-3184     Document Type: Article

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