Camera trapping of carnivores: Trap success among camera types and across species, and habitat selection by species, on Salt Pond Mountain, Giles County, Virginia

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 249-262

  Kelly, Marcella J ^a   Holub, Erika L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS LATRANS; CERVIDAE; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; UROCYON; UROCYON CINEREOARGENTEUS; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 70349714964     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2008)15[249:CTOCTS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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