Risk of capture-related mortality in large free-ranging mammals: Experiences from Scandinavia

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-113

  Arnemo, Jon M ^a,b   Ahlqvist, Per ^c   Andersen, Roy ^d   Berntsen, Finn ^d   Ericsson, Göran ^c   Odden, John ^d   Brunberg, Sven ^e   Segerström, Peter ^c   Swenson, Jon E ^a,d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e Scandinavian Brown Bear Project   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Capture protocols; Free ranging; Immobilisation; Mammal; Mortality rates; Standards

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; GULO GULO; LYNX LYNX; MAMMALIA; MUSTELINAE; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 33645561131     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2006)12[109:ROCMIL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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