Using automatically triggered cameras to individually identify bobcats

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 748-755

  Heilbrun, Richard D ^a,b   Silvy, Nova J ^a   Tewes, Michael E ^c   Peterson, Markus J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELID; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PHOTOGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

FELIDAE; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS;

EID: 0142185015     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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