Scharf, Anne K. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3357-8533
Belant, Jerrold L.
Beyer, Dean E. Jr
Wikelski, Martin
Safi, Kamran
Funding for this research was provided by:
Safari Club International Foundation (W-147-R,)
Article History
Received: 30 January 2018
Accepted: 24 July 2018
First Online: 27 September 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethics of all capture and handling procedures were approved by the Mississippi State University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (#09–004). Also, animal capture and handling procedures followed guidelines established by the American Veterinary Medical Association and the American Society of Mammalogists [CitationRef removed]. Details of capture and handling procedures are described in Stillfried and colleagues ([CitationRef removed]; black bears), Svoboda and colleagues ([CitationRef removed]; bobcats), Etter & Belant ([CitationRef removed]; coyotes) and Petroelje and colleagues ([CitationRef removed]; wolves).
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