Relative abundance of american badger (Taxidea taxus) and red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in landscapes with high and low rodenticide poisoning levels

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-47

  Proulx, Gilbert ^a   Mackenzie, Neil ^a  

^a Alpha Wildlife Research and Management   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ground squirrels; Poisoning; Populations; Predators

Indexed keywords

SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS RICHARDSONII; TAXIDEA; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXUS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

RODENTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FOX; MUSTELIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SCIURIDAE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FOXES; MUSTELIDAE; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENTICIDES; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 84864383944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2011.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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