Assessment of temporal partitioning in foraging patterns of syntopic Virginia opossums and raccoons

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 134-139

  Carver, Brian D ^a   Kennedy, Michael L ^a   Houston, Allan E ^b   Franklin, Scott B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b Ames Plantation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Didelphis virginiana; Diel activity; Foraging time; Procyon lotor; Raccoon; Remote photography; Temporal partitioning; Virginia opossum

Indexed keywords

BAIT; DIEL VARIATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARSUPIAL; MUSTELID; PROBABILITY; REMOTE SENSING;

TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 79951924396     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-066.1     Document Type: Article

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