Using radio-telemetry to assess the risk European starlings pose in pathogen transmission among feedlots

Human-Wildlife Interactions

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-37

  Gaukler, Shannon M ^a   Homan, H Jeffrey ^b   Linz, George M ^c   Bleier, William J ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentrated animal feeding operations; European starling; Feedlots; Human wildlife conflicts; Kansas; Pathogen transmission; Radio telemetry; Roosting sites

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 84872503934     PISSN: 21553858     EISSN: 21553874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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