Survival and cause-specific mortality of adult raccoons in central Mississippi

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 880-888

  Chamberlain, Michael J ^a   Hodges, Kurt M ^a   Leopold, Bruce D ^a   Wilson, Tim S ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Georgia Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Cause specific mortality; Harvest; Mississippi; Procyon Iotor; Raccoon; Summer raccoon hunting; Survival

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUNTING; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

CARNIVORA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 0032782003     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802801     Document Type: Article

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