Influence of prerelease experience on reintroduced black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-129

  Biggins, Dean E ^a   Vargas, Astrid ^b   Godbey, Jerry L ^a   Anderson, Stanley H ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Black footed ferret; Mustela nigripes; Reintroduction; Survival

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MAMMAL;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS LEUCURUS; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA NIGRIPES; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

EID: 0033168180     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00158-X     Document Type: Article

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