Predation ID Manual : Predator Kill and Scavenging Characteristics
(2017)
By: Alt, Kurt

Nonfiction

eBook

Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Skyhorse, 2017
Made available through hoopla
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9781510722422 (electronic bk.) MWT12354392, 1510722424 (electronic bk.) 12354392
LANGUAGE
English
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Part of the challenges and rewards of being a field biologist is being able recreate a predation event. But that experience is often difficult and frustrating, as time, weather, and other factors can be make clues sparse. Even the most careful of investigators can spend hours of time second-guessing themselves while exhausting every possibility from inconclusive evidence. The Predation ID Manual is designed to help assuage some of those difficulties by providing the reader with practical, expert advice, including: - A step-by-step approach for gathering evidence - Suggestions of what to focus on at carcass site - A template of terminology to use when classifying a predation - A guide for investigating and determining signs of hemorrhage - Signs of kill and kill sites by species, including deer, elk, and lynx - And dozens more tips With a waterproof cover and sturdy pages, the SCIF's Predation ID Manual is a must have for every serious hunter and field biologist

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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