Are raccoons limited by the availability of breeding resources? Evidence of variability in fecundity at fine spatial scales

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1718-1724

  Beasley, James C ^a,b   Rhodes, Olin E ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

age structure; carnivore; demography; fragmentation; mesopredator; nest predation; placental scars; population dynamics; Procyon lotor; rabies

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BREEDING POPULATION; CARNIVORE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEN; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MUSTELID; NEST PREDATION; PATCH DYNAMICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RABIES; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; TREEHOLE;

EID: 84867792158     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.423     Document Type: Article

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