A hairsnare for forest carnivores

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 482-485

  Belant, Jerrold L ^a  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fisher; Forest carnivore; Hairsnare; M. pennanti; Marten; Martes americana; Monitoring; Procyon lotor; Raccoon

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; DETECTION METHOD; HAIR; MONITORING; POPULATION ESTIMATION;

MARTES; MARTES AMERICANA; MARTES PENNANTI; MUSTELINAE; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 0037489511     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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