Challenges to reestablishment of free-ranging populations of black-footed ferrets

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 326, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Biggins, Dean E ^a   Godbey, Jerry L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black footed ferret; Endangered species; Plague; Recovery

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DISEASE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MUSTELID; RECOVERY;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BREEDING; CAT; DOG; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FERRET; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PLAGUE; PRAIRIE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; MUSTELA; MUSTELA EVERSMANNII; MUSTELA NIGRIPES; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0141829118     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1631-0691(03)00046-5     Document Type: Article

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