Demographics, diet, movements, and survival of an isolated, unmanaged raccoon Procyon lotor (Procyonidae, Carnivora) population on the Outer Banks of North Carolina

Mammalia

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-30

  Parsons, Arielle Waldstein ^a   Simons, Theodore R ^a   O'Connell, Allan F ^b   Stoskopf, Michael K ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier island; Ecology; Meso carnivore; Procyon lotor; Raccoon

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; BODY CONDITION; CARNIVORE; CARRYING CAPACITY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DIET; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SURVIVAL; TURTLE; WADER;

NORTH CAROLINA; OUTER BANKS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878120869     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2011-0138     Document Type: Article

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