Evaluation of escape rates by possums captured in victor no 1 soft catch traps

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-103

  Warburton, B ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Escape rates; Possums; Soft catch; Traps; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009952086     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1998.9518141     Document Type: Article

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