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Institut de recherche pour la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes

Titre :	Managing big boys: a case study on remote anaesthesia and satellite tracking of adult male New Zealand sea lions (Phocarctos hookeri)
Auteurs :	Katja Geschke, Auteur ; B. Louise Chilvers, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Wildlife Research (36(8) 2009)
Article en page(s) :	666-674
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	Context. Handling animals is essential for many applications in wildlife management. However, currently there are limited techniques to safely handle and move large mobile pinnipeds, particularly when they cannot be physically restrained first. Such animals can be the cause of many land-based wildlife-human conflicts. The New Zealand ( NZ) sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) is the world's rarest and second largest otariid, and is in severe decline. Although most NZ sea lions live on uninhabited

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