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The use of red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris dreys to estimate population density
Author(s) -
Wauters L. A.,
Dhondt A. A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0952-8369
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1988.tb04995.x
Subject(s) - sciurus , biology , sciurus carolinensis , population density , ground squirrel , population , zoology , squirrel monkey , ecology , demography , habitat , sociology
In this paper we examined if the number of dreys could be used to estimate the density of red squirrel populations. Squirrel density was estimated by trapping and the number of dreys were counted in different areas and over several years.