Evaluation of a deer-activated bioacoustic frightening device for reducing deer damage in cornfields

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 515-523

  Gilsdorf, Jason M ^a,c,d,e   Hygnstrom, Scott E ^a,d,f,g,h   VerCauteren, Kurt C ^b,c,d,i,j,k   Clements, Greg M ^a,c   Blankenship, Erin E ^c,l,m   Engeman, Richard M ^b,n,o,p  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^e Wildlife Society   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^h Wildl Damage Mgmt Working Group

ⁱ Wildlife Disease Research Program

^j USDA/APHIS/Wildl Serv/Natl W ^*

^k TWS's Wildl Damage Mgmt Working G ^*  (United States)

^l TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ National Wildlife Research Center

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

^p UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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Author keywords

Animal damage control; Bio acoustics; Corn; Distress calls; Frightening devices; Odocoileus virginianus; White tailed deer; Wildlife damage management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DEER; PEST CONTROL; UNGULATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; UNGULATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 3242714228     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)32[515:EOADBF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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