Evaluation of short-, mid- and long-term effects of toe clipping on a wild rodent

Wildlife Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 143-148

  Borremans, Benny ^a   Sluydts, Vincent ^b   Makundi, Rhodes H ^c   Leirs, Herwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Animal ethics; Animal welfare; Capture mark recapture; Individual identification; Mastomys natalensis; Permanent marking; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BODY CONDITION; CLIPPING; DECISION MAKING; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MARKING METHOD; MOBILITY; MORPHOLOGY; RODENT; SURVIVAL; TRAPPING; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84931063087     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR14109     Document Type: Article

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