Traditional and new cable restraint systems to capture fox in central Spain

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 181-187

  Muñoz Igualada, Jaime ^a   Shivik, John A ^b   Domnguez, Francisco G ^c   Mariano González, Luis ^c   Aranda Moreno, Antonio ^d   Fernández Olalla, Mariana ^e   Alves García, Celina ^f  

^a TRAGSA   (Spain)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Servicio de Especies Amenazadas   (Spain)

^d Junta de Comunidades de Castilla La Mancha ^*  (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f Centro de Recuperación de Fauna El Chaparrillo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alar; Cable restraint; Fox; Nontarget; Snare; Trap; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

CANID; INJURY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NONTARGET ORGANISM; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 73449145623     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-603     Document Type: Article

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