Using eggs containing an irritating odor to teach mammalian predator to depredating eggs

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 84-89

  Hoover, Suzanne E ^a,b   Conover, Michael R ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Conditioned food aversion; Coyote; Egg predation; Nest predation; Predation; Pulegone; Repellents; Wildlife damage management

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; EGG PREDATION; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 0034099988     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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