Scat removal: A source of bias in feces-related studies

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 172-178

  Livingston, Troy R ^a,b   Gipson, Philip S ^a   Ballard, Warren B ^c   Sanchez, Dana M ^d,e   Krausman, Paul R ^d  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Integrated Training Area Management   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bobcat; Canis latrans; Coprophagy; Coyote; Didelphis virginiana; Diet; Feces; Kansas; Lynx rufus; Opossum

Indexed keywords

COPROPHAGY; DIET; ERROR ANALYSIS; FECES; POPULATION ESTIMATION;

FORT RILEY; KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS; NEOTOMA FLORIDANA;

EID: 22244433210     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[172:SRASOB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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