Evaluation and cost-benefits of controlling house mice (Mus domesticus) on islands: An example from Thevenard Island, Western Australia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 355-364

  Moro, Dorian ^a,b  

^a Dept of Conserv and Land Mgmt ^*  (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

House mouse; Island conservation; Pest management; Rodent; Rodenticide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000539590     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00231-7     Document Type: Article

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