Home range, movements, and habitat utilization of Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis) in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada: Disease management implications

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-33

  Rosatte, Rick ^a   Kelly, Paula ^b   Power, Mike ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Home range; Mephitis mephitis; Movements; Ontario; Scarborough; Striped Skunk; Toronto

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; DISEASE CONTROL; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; MUSTELID; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; RABIES; RADIOTELEMETRY; URBAN AREA;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SCARBOROUGH [ONTARIO];

EID: 83155175917     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v125i1.1121     Document Type: Article

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