Usefulness of funnel traps in catching small reptiles and mammals, with comments on the effectiveness of the alternatives

Wildlife Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 491-497

  Thompson, Graham G ^a   Thompson, Scott A ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Dilhorn House ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; LIZARD; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING BIAS; SMALL MAMMAL; SNAKE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

GEKKONIDAE; MAMMALIA; PERAMELIDAE; RATTUS; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TILIQUA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 35848950986     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR06081     Document Type: Article

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