A visual method for indexing muskrat populations

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-106

  Engeman, Richard M ^a   Whisson, Desley A ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS; RIVERS;

MUSKRAT;

BIODEGRADATION;

POPULATION ESTIMATION; RODENT; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; FALL RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ONDATRA; ONDATRA ZIBETHICA; ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0042414000     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0964-8305(03)00031-3     Document Type: Article

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