Resource selection by the eastern massasauga rattlesnake on managed land in southwestern Michigan

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 414-421

  Bailey, Robyn L ^a,d   Campa, Henry ^a   Bissell, Kristin M ^b   Harrison, Tara M ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c Potter Park Zoo   (United States)

^d Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

eastern massasauga rattlesnake; habitat management; resource selection; Sistrurus catenatus catenatus

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HERB; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; POPULATION DECLINE; RADIOTELEMETRY; REGIONAL PLANNING; RESOURCE SELECTION; SNAKE; SUCCESSION; UPLAND REGION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WETLAND;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

CROTALUS; SERPENTES; SISTRURUS; SISTRURUS CATENATUS CATENATUS;

EID: 84856094643     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.266     Document Type: Article

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