A comparison of three trap designs for capturing brown treesnakes on Guam

Wildlife Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 355-359

  Vice, Daniel S ^a   Engeman, Richard M ^b   Vice, Diane L ^a,c  

^a Wildlife Services   (Guam)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Div of Aquatic and Wildl Resources   (Guam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRODUCED SPECIES; SNAKE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

GUAM; MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

BOIGA IRREGULARIS; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 23744500965     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR04046     Document Type: Article

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