Improved trapping methods for swift foxes and sympatric coyotes

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1262-1266

  Kamler, Jan F ^a   Ballard, Warren B ^a   Gilliland, Rickey L ^b   Mote, Kevin ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Boxtraps; Canis latrans; Capture rate; Coyote; Soft Catch traps; Swift fox; Vulpes velox

Indexed keywords

CANID; CAPTURE METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; TRAPPING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

APUS APUS; CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; VULPES VELOX;

EID: 0036972308     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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