Trap-induced mass declines in small mammals: Mass as a population index

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 684-691

  Pearson, Dean E ^a   Ortega, Yvette K ^a   Ruggiero, Leonard F ^a  

^a USDA Forest Service Forestry Science Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Clethrionomys gapperi; Deer mice; Indices; Live trapping; Montana; Peromyscus maniculalus; Red backed voles; Red tailed chipmunks; Small mammals; Survivorship; Tamias ruficaudus; Trap mortality

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; HEALTH STATUS; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; SURVIVORSHIP; TRAPPING;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CLETHRIONOMYS GAPPERI; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; TAMIAS RUFICAUDUS; UNDETERMINED SCIURIDAE 'CHIPMUNKS';

EID: 0242275425     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802675     Document Type: Article

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