Mammals in and around suburban yards, and the attraction of chicken coops

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 691-705

  Kays, Roland ^a,b   Parsons, Arielle Waldstein ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Camera traps; Chicken coops; Predators; Suburban wildlife

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892695094     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-014-0347-2     Document Type: Article

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