Effect of canine distemper on an urban raccoon population: An experiment

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 379-387

  Schubert, Claudia A ^a   Barker, Ian K ^a   Rosatte, Richard C ^b   MacInnes, Charles D ^b   Nudds, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canine distemper; Field vaccination; Population limitation; Procyon lotor; Raccoon

Indexed keywords

CANINE DISTEMPER; DISEASE CONTROL; POPULATION CHANGE; RACCOON; VACCINATION;

PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 0031979462     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0379:EOCDOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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