Using snares to live-capture Beaver, Castor canadensis

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 469-473

  McKinstry, Mark C ^a   Anderson, Stanley H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Bailey trap; Beaver; Castor canadensis; Hancock trap; Live trapping; Snares; Trap

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; RODENT; TRAPPING;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ANIMALIA; CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTOR FIBER; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032435002     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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