Identifying mammalian predators from bite marks: A tool for focusing wildlife protection

Mammal Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-44

  Lyver, P O'B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; Felis catus; M. furo; Mustela erminea; Predation; Puffinus griseus; Sooty Shearwater

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PREDATOR; SEABIRD; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

CATUS; FELIS CATUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA ERMINEA; MUSTELA FURO; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; PUFFINUS GRISEUS;

EID: 0033942499     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2907.2000.00055.x     Document Type: Article

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