Beaver populations and their relation to wetland habitat and breeding waterfowl in Maine

Wetlands

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-172

  McCall, Thomas C ^a,b   Hodgman, Thomas P ^a   Diefenbach, Duane R ^a,c   Owen Jr , Ray B ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^c Pennsylvania Game Commission   (United States)

^d MAINE DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Anas rubripes; Beaver; Black duck; Branta canadensis; Canada geese; Castor canadensis; Hooded merganser; Lophodytes cucullatus; Maine; Mallard; Trapping; Waterfowl; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000759606     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03160690     Document Type: Article

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