Use of frightening devices in wildlife damage management

Integrated Pest Management Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-45

  Gilsdorf, Jason M ^a   Hygnstrom, Scott E ^a   VerCauteren, Kurt C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Frightening devices; Integrated pest management (IPM); Non lethal methods; Wildlife damage management

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0142148885     PISSN: 13535226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025760032566     Document Type: Review

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