Capturing and marking adult North American porcupines

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 310-313

  Griesemer, Sara J ^a   Hale, Molly O ^a   Roze, Uldis ^b   Fuller, Todd K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture; Ear tag; Erethizon dorsatum; Porcupine; Radiocollar; Tattoo; Trap

Indexed keywords

MARKING METHOD; RADIOTELEMETRY; RODENT; TRAPPING;

ERETHIZON DORSATUM;

EID: 0032880995     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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