Den site selection of lactating female raccoons following removal and exclusion from suburban residences

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 366-370

  O'Donnell, Michaela ^a   DeNicola, Anthony J ^b,c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b White Buffalo Inc   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Den site; Human wildlife interactions; Nuisance wildlife; Nuisance wildlife control operator; Procyon lotor; Raccoon; Radiotelemetry; Suburban; Translocation; Urban wildlife

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DEN; LACTATION; MAMMAL; SITE SELECTION; SUBURBAN AREA; TRANSLOCATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

MAMMALIA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 33745617393     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[366:DSSOLF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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