Resource selection of the southern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger niger) in the coastal plain of Virginia

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dc.contributor.authorGuill, Marissa H.en
dc.contributor.authorDe La Cruz, Jesse L.en
dc.contributor.authorPuckett, K. Marcen
dc.contributor.authorFord, W. Marken
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-07T15:37:25Zen
dc.date.available2025-03-07T15:37:25Zen
dc.date.issued2024en
dc.description.abstractThe southern fox squirrel (<i>Sciurus niger niger</i>) is a subspecies of fox squirrel that ranges from southeastern Virginia to northern Florida. Throughout its Southeastern range, southern fox squirrel habitat of natural mixed pine-hardwood forests has been fragmented by agriculture and short- rotation pine plantations. In Virginia, remaining habitat has been transformed by fire suppression on the landscape and has in turn resulted in small, disjunct populations of southern fox squirrels. We sought to identify the home range and resource utilization of southern fox squirrels in the southern Coastal Plain of Virginia. From established nest boxes, we captured, radio collared and tracked four individuals at Big Woods Wildlife Management area and Piney Grove Complex in Sussex County in 2022. We observed an average male 95% and 50% adaptive kernel home range 173.49 ha (SE = 25.73, N = 2) and 40.62 ha (SE = 5.87, N = 2), respectively, and an average female 95% and 50% adaptive kernel home range of 28.51 ha (SE = 0.49, N = 2) and 4.71 ha (SE = 0.34, N = 2), respectively. At both the second and third orders of habitat selection, squirrels selected for pine savanna cover types and short fire-return intervals.en
dc.description.sponsorshipFunding to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University for this project was provided by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife and Sportfish Restoration Program (award F18AF00664) and Virginia Department of Military Affairs contract 2018-040.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.25778/P2AD-J877en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10919/124825en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Academy of Scienceen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.titleResource selection of the southern fox squirrel (<i>Sciurus niger niger</i>) in the coastal plain of Virginiaen
dc.title.serialVirginia Journal of Scienceen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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