Density, movements, and survival of raccoons in Ontario, Canada: implications for disease spread and management

During 1994–2007 a total of 156,416 raccoons was live-captured in Ontario, Canada, as part of mark–recapture studies to estimate raccoon density during rabies-control operations. Mean density in southern Ontario ranged between 3.4 and 13.6 raccoons/km2 when density in northern Ontario was