Exploration correlates with settlement: Red squirrel dispersal in contrasting habitats

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1024-1034

  Haughland, Diane L ^b   Larsen, Karl W ^a  

^a THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Habitat quality; Habitat selection; Juvenile experience; Movement; Natal dispersal; North American red squirrel; Seasonal stochasticity; Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Indexed keywords

HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; JUVENILE; MOVEMENT; NATAL DISPERSAL; RODENT; SETTLING BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 8144228448     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00884.x     Document Type: Article

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