Gap-crossing decisions by adult Franklin's ground squirrels in agricultural landscapes

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1231-1239

  Duggan, Jennifer M ^a,c   Heske, Edward J ^b   Schooley, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass; connectivity; corridors; detour efficiency; giving up density; homing; movement trade offs; predation risk; translocation; travel speed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; CLEARCUTTING; CONNECTIVITY; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; PREDATION RISK; RODENT; TRADE-OFF; TRANSLOCATION; URBANIZATION;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867797634     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-A-418.1     Document Type: Article

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