A modified panel trap and immobilization technique for capturing multiple wild pig

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 699-705

  Sweitzer, Richard A ^a,c,d,e   Gonzales, Ben J ^a,b,f   Gardner, Ian A ^a,g   Van Vuren, Dirk ^a,h,i,j   Waithman, John D ^b,h,k   Boyce, Walter M ^a,l,m,n,o  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g New S Wales Agric and Fisheries   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^k CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

ⁿ PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o Wildlife Society   (United States)

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Author keywords

Capture stress; Capture success; Immobilizations; Sus scrofa; Trap design; Trap success; Wildlife restraint

Indexed keywords

IMMOBILIZATION TECHNIQUE; METHODOLOGY; TRAPPING; WILD PIG;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030780812     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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