Indices of population size for burrowing mammals

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 296-301

  Hubbs, Anne H ^a,b   Karels, Tim ^a   Boonstra, Rudy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic ground squirrel; Burrowing mammals; Infrared thermal imaging; Population indices; Powder tracking; Spermophilus parryii; Yukon

Indexed keywords

INFRARED IMAGERY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; RODENT;

SPERMOPHILUS PARRYII;

EID: 0033977562     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3803002     Document Type: Article

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