Persistence of southern flying squirrel winter aggregations: Roles of kinship, familiarity, and intruder squirrels

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1005-1012

  Thorington, Katherine K ^a   Weigl, Peter D ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conspecific intruder; familiarity; Glaucomys volans; kinship; nest mate choice; southern flying squirrel; winter aggregation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CAPTIVITY; FAMILIARITY; KINSHIP; MATE CHOICE; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; RELATEDNESS; RODENT; THERMOREGULATION;

GLAUCOMYS VOLANS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 80054729472     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-388.1     Document Type: Article

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