Use of experimental translocations of allegheny woodrat to decipher causal agents of decline

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 752-762

  Smyser, Timothy J ^a   Johnson, Scott A ^b   Page, L Kristen ^c   Hudson, Cassie M ^b   Rhodes, Olin E ^a,d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baylisascaris procyonis; Disease mitigation; Genetic rescue; Neotoma magister; Raccoon roundworm; Reinforcement; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ABUNDANCE; BAIT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC MARKER; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; NEMATODE; POPULATION DECLINE; REINTRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; RODENT; TRANSLOCATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; ASCARIDOIDEA; BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; DISEASE MITIGATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FECES; GENETIC RESCUE; GENETICS; INBREEDING; METHODOLOGY; MITIGACIÓN DE ENFERMEDADES; NEMÁTODO DEL MAPACHE; NEOTOMA MAGISTER; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RACCOON ROUNDWORM; REFORZAMIENTO; REINFORCEMENT; REINTRODUCCIÓN; REINTRODUCTION; RESCATE GENÉTICO; SIGMODONTINAE; UNITED STATES;

BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; DISEASE MITIGATION; GENETIC RESCUE; MITIGACIÓN DE ENFERMEDADES; NEMÁTODO DEL MAPACHE; NEOTOMA MAGISTER; RACCOON ROUNDWORM; REFORZAMIENTO; REINFORCEMENT; REINTRODUCCIÓN; REINTRODUCTION; RESCATE GENÉTICO;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIDOIDEA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECES; INBREEDING; INDIANA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SIGMODONTINAE;

INDIANA; UNITED STATES;

BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; NEMATODA; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA MAGISTER; PROCYON;

EID: 84880701247     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12064     Document Type: Article

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