Effectiveness of three types of live trap for Blarina (Insectivora: Soricidae) and description of a new trap design

Mammalia

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 118-124

  Whittaker, J C ^a   Feldhamer, G A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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