Efficacy of tail-mounted transmitters for beaver

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 218-222

  Baker, Bruce W ^a  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaver; Castor canadensis; Radiotelemetry; Radiotransmitter; Rocky Mountain National Park; Telemetry; Transmitter

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; AQUATIC ORGANISM BY AQUATIC ZONE; MORTALITY; RODENT;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

CASTOR CANADENSIS;

EID: 33646567135     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[218:EOTTFB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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