Efficacy of scent dogs in detecting black-footed ferrets at a reintroduction site in South Dakota

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1435-1439

  Reindl Thompson, Sara A ^a,e   Shivik, John A ^b   Whitelaw, Alice ^c   Hurt, Aimee ^c   Higgins, Kenneth F ^d  

^a United States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Working Dogs for Conservation Foundation   (United States)

^d SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Black footed ferret; Detection dog; Mustela nigripes; Scent dog; Spotlight survey

Indexed keywords

CANID; DETECTION METHOD; MUSTELID; REINTRODUCTION; SCENT MARKING; SPOTLIGHT SURVEY;

CONATA BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; MUSTELA; MUSTELA NIGRIPES;

EID: 33846813436     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[1435:EOSDID]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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