Review of ecological restoration programme on subantarctic Macquarie Island: Pest management progress and future directions

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 129-138

  Copson, Geof ^a   Whinam, Jennie ^a  

^a Nature Conservation Branch   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grazing pressure; Introduced species; Predation; Recovery; Vertebrate pest management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001463908     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-8903.2001.00076.x     Document Type: Review

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