From the Field: Use of drift fences to capture Lower Keys marsh rabbits

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1160-1163

  Faulhaber, Craig A ^a,b   Silvy, Nova J ^a   Lopez, Roel R ^a   Porter, Brad A ^a   Frank, Philip A ^c,d   Peterson, Markus J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Florida Keys Wildlife Refuges ^*  (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Drift fence; Florida keys; Lagomorphs; Live trap; Lower keys marsh rabbit; Sylvilagus palustris hefneri; Trapping

Indexed keywords

FIELD METHOD; LAGOMORPH; TRAPPING;

LAGOMORPHA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SYLVILAGUS PALUSTRIS HEFNERI;

EID: 30344474611     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[1160:FTFUOD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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