Box-trapping eastern coyotes in southeastern Massachusetts

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 695-702

  Way, Jonathan G ^a   Ortega, Isaac M ^a   Auger, Peter J ^a   Strauss, Eric G ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Box traps; Cage traps; Canis latrans; Capture; Coyote; Humaneness; Massachusetts; Trapping injuries

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CANID; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRAPPING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL TRAPPING; FOOTHOLD TRAP; JUVENILE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

UNITED STATES;

CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 0036748559     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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