Comparison of traps and baits for censusing small mammals in neotropical lowlands

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 274-281

  Woodman, Neal ^a,b   Timm, Robert M ^a   Slade, Norman A ^a   Doonan, Terry J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Southwestern College   (United States)

^c Florida Game Fresh Water Fish Community   (United States)

Author keywords

Bait; Community structure; Neotropics; Peru; Sherman traps; Small mammals; Snap traps

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030042204     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382728     Document Type: Review

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