Live trapping to monitor small mammals in Britain

Mammal Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 31-50

  Flowerdew, John R ^a   Shore, Richard F ^b   Poulton, Simon M C ^c   Sparks, Timothy H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Biological Ecological Stat Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capture mark recapture; Longworth trap; Shrews; Small rodents; Wildlife census

Indexed keywords

MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MONITORING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SMALL MAMMAL; TRAPPING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

APODEMUS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; ARANEUS; CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; SOREX; SOREX ARANEUS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 1542611371     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0305-1838.2003.00025.x     Document Type: Article

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