Assessment of transmitter models to monitor beaver Castor canadensis and C. fiber populations

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 309-317

  Arjo, Wendy M ^a   Joos, Roger E ^b,d   Kochanny, Christopher O ^c,e   Harper, Julie L ^a   Nolte, Dale L ^a   Bergman, David L ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c Advanced Telemetry Systems Inc   (United States)

^d US Forest Service   (United States)

^e Sirtrack Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Beaver; Castor canadensis; Radio transmitter; Retention; Tail mount

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTORIDAE;

EID: 54049127764     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2008)14[309:AOTMTM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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