Habitat characteristics of the endangered Virginia northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus) in the central Appalachian Mountains

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 430-438

  Ford, W Mark ^a   Stephenson, Steven L ^b   Menzel, Jennifer M ^a   Black, Dawn R ^c   Edwards, John W ^d  

^a USDA Forest Service Northeastern Research Station Parsons   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT USE; RODENT;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FUNGI; GLAUCOMYS; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS FUSCUS; PICEA; PICEA RUBENS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 7744224843     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2004)152[0430:HCOTEV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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