Seasonal home ranges of Raccoons, Procyon lotor, using a common feeding site in rural eastern Ontario: Rabies management implications

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-71

  Totton, Sarah C ^a   Rosatte, Richard C ^b   Tinline, Rowland R ^c   Bigler, Laura L ^d  

^a Ont Ministry of Natural Resources ^*  (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Communal feeding; Disease transmission; Field study; Home range; Ontario; Procyon lotor; Rabies; Raccoon; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; RABIES; RADIOTELEMETRY;

CANADA; KINGSTON [ONTARIO]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 12244251038     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v118i1.884     Document Type: Article

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