Reducing the impacts of leg hold trapping on critically endangered foxes by modified traps and conditioned trap aversion on San Nicolas Island, California, USA

Conservation Evidence

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-49

  Jolley, Wesley J ^a   Campbell, Karl J ^a,b   Holmes, Nick D ^c   Garcelon, David K ^a   Hanson, Chad C ^a   Will, David ^a   Keitt, Bradford S ^a   Smith, Grace ^d   Little, Annie E ^e  

^a ISLAND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES   (United States)

^d NAWCWD Sustainability Office   (United States)

^e U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; FELIS CATUS; UROCYON LITTORALIS;

EID: 84876571112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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