Implications of woodrats and other scavengers for avian telemetry studies

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1152-1155

  Larsen, Randy T ^a   Bentley, Daniel F ^b   Flinders, Jerran T ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neotoma spp.; Packrat; Radiotelemetry; Spatial movement; Utah

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; MORTALITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; RODENT; SCAVENGER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ALECTORIS; ALECTORIS CHUKAR; AVES; NEOTOMA;

EID: 48249153018     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-415     Document Type: Article

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