Effectiveness of the detector dogs used for deterring the dispersal of Brown Tree Snakes

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 256-260

  Engeman, Richard M ^a   Vice, Daniel S ^b   Rodriguez, Danny V ^b   Gruver, Kenneth S ^a   Santos, William S ^b   Pitzler, Mikel E ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boiga irregularis; Canine inspections; Cargo inspections; Dispersal; Exotic species; Guam; Snake control

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; DISPERSAL; SNAKE;

GUAM;

BOIGA IRREGULARIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CHORDATA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032293612     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc980256     Document Type: Article

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