Movements and survival of black-footed ferrets associated with an experimental translocation in South Dakota

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 742-750

  Biggins, Dean E ^a   Godbey, Jerry L ^a   Horton, Brent M ^a,c   Livieri, Travis M ^b,d  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Prairie Wildlife Research Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior; captive breeding; compensatory mortality; density dependence; dispersal; endangered species; Mustela nigripes; reintroduction

Indexed keywords

COLONY STRUCTURE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT TYPE; MOVEMENT; MUSTELID; NATIVE SPECIES; PRAIRIE; RADIOTELEMETRY; REINTRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; TRANSLOCATION; WILD POPULATION;

SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; MUSTELA; MUSTELA NIGRIPES;

EID: 80051866361     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-S-152.1     Document Type: Article

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