Responses of stoats to scent lures in tracking tunnels

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 175-178

  Clapperton, B K ^a   McLennan, J A ^b   Woolhouse, A D ^c  

^a Landcare Research New Zealand ^*  (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abundance estimates; Anal sac secretion; Attractiveness; Longevity; Lure; Mustela erminea; Rodents; Scent; Stoat; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; MUSTELID; SCENT MARKING; TRACKING;

NEW ZEALAND;

MUSTELA ERMINEA;

EID: 0033385411     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1999.9518187     Document Type: Article

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