Mammalian visitation to candidate feral swine attractants

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 305-309

  Campbell, Tyler A ^a   Long, David B ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractant; Bait; Collared peccary; Feral swine; Lure; Pecari tajacu; Procyon lotor; Raccoon; Sus scrofa; Visitation

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGE; FERAL ORGANISM; HERB; MAMMAL; ORCHARD; PIG; WILD POPULATION;

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MAMMALIA; PECARI TAJACU; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 38649102203     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-227     Document Type: Article

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