Comparative effectiveness of Longworth and Sherman live traps

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1018-1026

  Anthony, Nicola M ^a,b   Ribic, Christine A ^a,e,f   Bautz, Richard ^c,g   Garland Jr , Theodore ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Grassland; Longworth trap; Prairie; Sherman trap; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; SMALL MAMMAL; TRAPPING;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; DIPODIDAE; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS BAIRDII; REITHRODONTOMYS MEGALOTIS; SOREX; SOREX DISPAR; ZAPUS HUDSONIUS;

EID: 30344445991     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[1018:CEOLAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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