Spatial ecology and multi-scale habitat selection of the Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) in a managed forest landscape
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.02.041 0378-1127/ 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. ⇑ Corresponding authors at: 3500 John A. Merritt Blvd, Nashville, TN 37209, USA (W.B. Sutton). 4900 Meridian Street North, Huntsville, AL 35811, USA (Y. Wang). E-mail addresses: [email protected] (W.B. Sutton), [email protected] (Y. Wang). William B. Sutton a,b,⇑, Yong Wang a,⇑, Callie J. Schweitzer , Christopher J.W. McClure d
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