A camera and hook system for viewing and retrieving rodent carcasses from burrows

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1057-1061

  VerCauteren, Kurt ^a   Pipas, Michael J ^a   Bourassa, Jean ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burrow; California ground squirrel; Camera; Rodent; Rodenticide; Spermophilus beecheyi; Wildlife damage management

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTROL; MONITORING; POISONING; RODENT;

AVES; LETHRINIDAE; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS BEECHEYI;

EID: 0036972293     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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