Comparison of effects of humans versus wildlife-detector dogs

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 472-479

  Heaton, Jill S ^a   Cablk, Mary E ^b   Nussear, Kenneth E ^c   Esque, Todd C ^c   Medica, Philip A ^c   Sagebiel, John C ^a   Francis, S Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Biological Resources Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 57649216008     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/PAS-03.1     Document Type: Article

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