Raccoon (Procyon lotor) movements and dispersal associated with ridges and valleys of Pennsylvania: Implications for rabies management

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1043-1048

  Puskas, Robert B ^a   Fischer, Justin W ^b   Swope, Craig B ^a   Dunbar, Mike R ^b   McLean, Robert G ^b   Root, J Jeffrey ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

landscape; movements; Pennsylvania; Procyon lotor; rabies; raccoon

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LANDSCAPE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISPERSAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RACCOON; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RABIES; RACCOONS;

ANIMALIA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 78650012988     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0079     Document Type: Article

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