Husbandry, overwinter care, and reproduction of captive striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis)

Zoo Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-91

  Larivière, Serge ^a,c   Yeen, Ten Hwang ^b   Gorsuch, Wanda A ^a   Medill, Sarah A ^c  

^a Delta Waterfowl Foundation   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Captive facilities; Husbandry; Mephitis mephitis; Overwinter; Reproduction; Striped skunk

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; CARNIVORA; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS;

EID: 26444505572     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20035     Document Type: Article

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