A remote-controlled teleinjection system for the low-stress capture of large mammals

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 721-730

  Ryser, Andreas ^a,d,e   Scholl, Martin ^b   Zwahlen, Martin ^c,f   Oetliker, Martin ^c   Ryser Degiorgis, Marie Pierre ^d   Breitenmoser, Urs ^d,g,h  

^a Switzerland (KORA)   (Switzerland)

^b University of Berne ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e KORA's Swiss Lynx Project   (Switzerland)

^f Swiss Lynx Project   (Switzerland)

^g KORA Group

^h World Conservation Union (IUCN) Cat Specialist Group

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Capture stress; Capture techniques; Carnivores; Eurasian lynx; Lynx lynx; Selective capture; Teleinjection system; Trapping

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE METHOD; FELID; TRAPPING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; MAMMALIA;

EID: 27144437014     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[721:ARTSFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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