Minimizing leg-hold trapping trauma for otters with mobile phone technology

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2776-2780

  Ó Néill, Lughaidh ^a   De Jongh, Addy ^b   Ozoliņš, Janis ^c   De Jong, Tjibbe ^b   Rochford, John ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Dutch Otterstation Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c State Forest Service   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Global system for mobile communication (GSM) trap alarm; Live trapping; Lutra lutra; Otter; Padded leg hold trap; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; MUSTELID; TRAPPING;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE;

EID: 48249103066     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-482     Document Type: Article

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