Influences of an urban environment on home range and body mass of Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana)

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-86

  Wright, Jeffrey D ^a   Burt, M Scott ^a   Jackson, Victoria L ^b  

^a TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 84859767415     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.019.0106     Document Type: Article

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