A remotely operated motorized burrow probe to investigate carnivore neonates

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1708-1711

  White, Paula A ^a   Frank, Laurence G ^a   Barber, Paul H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Burrow; Camera; Carnivore; Crocuta; Mortality; Neonate; Probe

Indexed keywords

BURROW; CARNIVORE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; JUVENILE; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; POPULATION MODELING; PROBE;

CROCUTA; CROCUTA CROCUTA;

EID: 37349127491     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-425     Document Type: Article

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