From the Field: Capture of white-tailed deer fawns using thermal imaging technology

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1164-1168

  Ditchkoff, Stephen S ^a   Raglin, Joshua B ^b,d,e   Smith, Jordan M ^a   Collier, Bret A ^c,f  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brosnan Forest   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d Norfolk Southern Railway ^*  (United States)

^e Brosnan Forest   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture; Fawn; Neonate; Odocoileus virginianus; Thermal imager; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

DEER; INFRARED IMAGERY; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 30344486981     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[1164:FTFCOW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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