A MULTI-RESOLUTION ASSESSMENT OF RACCOON DEN SELECTION

摘要: Abstract Many studies have been conducted on the ecology of raccoons (Procyon lotor), while few examined raccoon den-site selection, particularly in agricultural and prairie landscapes. Furthermore, no selection den sites at multiple spatial scales. We for 48 during 1997–1999 an landscape Black Prairie physiographic region east-central Mississippi, USA. Den types selected by differed gender season. Females used more cavity dens young rearing, whereas males ground brush piles. found that were located closer to crop fields, roads, macrohabitat edges than random points. At level, associated positively with woody patch size, amounts grass edge, number available patches area lakes ponds. Composition habitats around from composition within home rang...