Trapping and marking terrestrial mammals for research: Integrating ethics, performance criteria, techniques, and common sense

ILAR Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 259-276

  Powell, Roger A ^a   Proulx, Gilbert ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alpha Wildlife Research and Management Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Killing traps; Live traps; Mammal; Marks; Research design; Traps

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL TRAPPING; BIOETHICS; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; RESEARCH SUBJECT; REVIEW; TATTOO; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ETHICS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; STANDARD; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; MAMMALS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0642366661     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.44.4.259     Document Type: Review

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