Translocation as a nonlethal alternative for managing California ground squirrels

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 351-359

  Van Vuren, Dirk ^a   Kuenzi, Amy J ^b,c   Loredo, Ivette ^a,d   Leider, Amy L ^b   Morrison, Michael L ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; California ground squirrel; Homing ability; Pest management; Predation; Radiotelemetry; Site fidelity; Spermophilus beecheyi; Survival; Translocation; Trapability

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS BEECHEYI;

CALIFORNIA GROUND SQUIRREL; PEST MANAGEMENT; TRANSLOCATION; TRAPABILITY;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0030619070     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802591     Document Type: Article

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