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Woodrat Population Dynamics and Movement Patterns

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Funding and other support to complete our studies were provided by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Wildlife Diversity Program, the Division of Forestry and Natural Resources at West Virginia University, Clarion University, and the U.S. Geological Survey’s Cooperative Research Units Program and West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. A number of graduate and undergraduate students at West Virginia University contributed to data collection, in particular, Ryan Myers, Jon Zuck, Mary Beth Manjerovic, and Matthew Schnupp. Helpful comments on earlier drafts were provided by Joe Duchamp, Mary Beth Manjerovic, John D. Peles, Janet Wright, Jon Zuck, and an anonymous reviewer.

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Wood, P.B. (2008). Woodrat Population Dynamics and Movement Patterns. In: Peles, J.D., Wright, J. (eds) The Allegheny Woodrat. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-36051-5_3

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