Do mammalian nest predators follow human scent trails in the shortgrass prairie?

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 415-420

  Skagen, Susan K ^a   Stanley, Thomas R ^a   Dillon, M Beth ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAMMAL; NEST PREDATION; OLFACTORY CUE; PRAIRIE;

EID: 0032801158     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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