The effect of bait type, tunnel design, and trap position on stoat control operations for conservation management

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 295-306

  Dilks, Peter J ^a   O'Donnell, Colin F J ^a   Elliott, Graeme P ^b   Phillipson, Stephen M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Conservation ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bait trials; Fenn trapping; Mustela erminea; Population irruption; Predation; Stoat; Synthetic lure; Trapping tunnel types

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001425290     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1996.9518088     Document Type: Article

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