Repellents to reduce cable gnawing by northern pocket gophers

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1344-1349

  Shumake, Stephen A ^a   Sterner, Ray T ^a   Gaddis, Stanley E ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cable damage; Gnawing; Pocket gopher; Repellent; Thomomys talpoides

Indexed keywords

PEST CONTROL; REPELLENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CERVIDAE; GEOMYIDAE; RODENTIA; THOMOMYS TALPOIDES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032756978     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802853     Document Type: Article

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