Seasonal space use and habitat selection of adult raccoons (procyon lotor) in a Louisiana bottomland Hardwood forest

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 426-434

  Byrne, Michael E ^a   Chamberlain, Michael J ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREEDING SEASON; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROGENEITY; MAMMAL; RADIOTELEMETRY; RANGE SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPACE USE;

ATCHAFALAYA BASIN; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 80053432369     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-166.2.426     Document Type: Article

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