Eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius) survival and cause-specific mortality in the ouachita mountains, Arkansas

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-60

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; MORTALITY; PREDATION; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SMALL MAMMAL; SURVIVAL; UNDERSTORY;

ARKANSAS; OUACHITA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BUBO VIRGINIANUS; CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; PINUS ECHINATA; SPILOGALE PUTORIUS; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 77954081049     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-164.1.52     Document Type: Article

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