Resource selection habitat model for northern flying squirrels in the Black Hills, South Dakota

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 356-372

  Hough, Melissa J ^a   Dieter, Charles D ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; GIS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; ISOLATED POPULATION; MODEL VALIDATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE SIZE; RESOURCE SELECTION; RODENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BLACK HILLS; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 77649262012     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-162.2.356     Document Type: Article

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