Reducing or delaying egg depredation by punishing free-ranging predators for opening eggs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-185

  Conover, Michael R ^a   Lyons, Kimberly S ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aversive conditioning; Colonial birds; Egg predation; Nest predation; Repellent; Wildlife damage management

Indexed keywords

ANTIFEEDANT; CONDITIONING; EGG PREDATION; PEST CONTROL; REPELLENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0041350384     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(03)00132-1     Document Type: Article

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