Assessing Acute Effects of Trapping, Handling, and Tagging on the Behavior of Wildlife Using GPS Telemetry: A Case Study of the Common Brushtail Possum

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 189-207

  Dennis, Todd E ^a   Shah, Shabana F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HANDLING; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL TAGGING; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMON BRUSHTAIL POSSUM; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; STRESS; TELEMETRY; TRICHOSURUS; VALIDITY; WILD ANIMAL; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEW ZEALAND; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELEMETRY; TRICHOSURUS;

ANIMALIA; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84863515489     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: 15327604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888705.2012.683755     Document Type: Article

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