An evaluation of a weaning index for wild fishers (Pekania martes pennanti) in California

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1161-1168

  Matthews, Sean M ^a   Higley, J Mark ^b   Finn, John T ^c   Rennie, Kerry M ^b   Thompson, Craig M ^d   Purcell, Kathryn L ^d   Sweitzer, Rick A ^e   Haire, Sandra L ^c   Sievert, Paul R ^c   Fuller, Todd K ^c  

^a Wildlife Conservation Society   (United States)

^b Wildlife Department   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

nipple size; Pekania Martes pennanti; reproduction; teat size; weaning index; words: fisher

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEN; FEMALE; MAMMAL; MONITORING; RADIOTELEMETRY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; WEANING;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886909798     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/12-MAMM-A-249.1     Document Type: Article

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