Determining the gender of American martens and fishers at track plate stations

Northwest Science

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 185-198

  Slauson, Keith M ^a   Truex, Richard L ^b   Zielinski, William J ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; MUSTELID; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACKING;

MARTES; MARTES AMERICANA; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 51149098144     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3955/0029-344X-82.3.185     Document Type: Article

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