Responses of urban mammals to odor attractants and a bait-dispensing device

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 111-118

  Andelt, William F ^a,c   Woolley, Timothy P ^a,b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

attractants; baiting device; domestic cats; domestic dogs; Eastern fox squirrels; lures; Mephitis mephitis; odors; Procyon lotor; raccoons; scent stations; Sciurus niger; striped skunks; urban mammals

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; AVES; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CARNIVORA; CLUPEIDAE; FELIS CATUS; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; MYRRHIS ODORATA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS NIGER;

BAIT-DISPENSING DEVICE; URBAN MAMMAL;

USA, COLORADO, FORT COLLINS;

EID: 0029663459     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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