Considerations for capturing, handling, and translocating river otters

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-31

  Serfass, Thomas L ^a,b,d   Brooks, Robert P ^a,d,e,f   Swimley, Thomas J ^a   Rymon, Larry M ^b,g,h   Hayden, Arnold H ^a,c,i  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pennsylvania Game Commission   (United States)

^d Wildlife Society   (United States)

^e MUHLENBERG COLLEGE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^g Muhlenberg College ^*

^h OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

capture; handling; Lutra canadensis; river otter; Soft Catch trap; translocation

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; LONTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRINAE;

CAPTURING; HANDLING;

USA, PENNSYLVANIA;

EID: 0029663435     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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