@article{bernhardt_space-use_2026,
	title = {Space-use and nest selection by southern flying squirrels ({Glaucomys} volans) at the edge of their geographic range},
	volume = {104},
	issn = {0008-4301},
	url = {https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/cjz-2025-0121},
	doi = {10.1139/cjz-2025-0121},
	abstract = {Species distribution patterns at range edges can reveal effects of landscape and climate changes which can drive population expansions or contractions. Southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans Linnaeus, 1758) populations are common in eastern United States and southeastern Canada, and extend westwardly into the Great Plains. Space-use patterns within their range interior are well documented, though it is unclear if patterns are similar along western range edges. We tracked 10 southern flying squirrels in southeastern Kansas, USA to estimate home-range sizes and patterns in nest-site and tree selection. Forest structure and composition at western range edges differ compared to forest habitat at range interiors, and we predicted differences in home-range sizes and nest-site and tree selection patterns in Kansas compared to previous research. Mean home-range size was 1.55 ha (95\% minimum convex polygon) and 5.44 ha (95\% kernel density), similar to some populations in the interior of their range. Greater tree genera richness and average tree diameter (diameter at breast height (DBH)) increased probability of nest-site use. Nonhard mast species and greater tree DBH increased nest-tree selection probabilities. Maintaining forest diversity while allowing all tree species to reach maturity could increase available nesting habitat for southern flying squirrels on their western range periphery.},
	urldate = {2026-05-21},
	journal = {Canadian Journal of Zoology},
	author = {Bernhardt, Brandon M. and Hope, Andrew G. and Bishop, Amanda B. and Cordes, Zackary and Olexa, Jacqueline W. and Robbins, Lydia L. and Sullins, Dan S. and Ahlers, Adam A.},
	month = jan,
	year = {2026},
	note = {Publisher: NRC Research Press},
	keywords = {Political Boundaries},
	pages = {1--14},
}

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