Survival and Cause-specific Mortality among Furbearers in a Protected Area

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-34

  Kamler, Jan F ^a,b   Gipson, Philip S ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; PROTECTED AREA; SURVIVAL; TRAPPING;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LATRANS; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS; MAMMALIA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 0842313113     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2004)151[0027:SACMAF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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