PIT tagging: Simple technology at its best

BioScience

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 447-454

  Gibbons, J Whitfield ^a   Andrews, Kimberly M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal; Mark recapture; Microchip; PIT tag; Tagging

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2442619210     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054[0447:PTSTAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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