Effectiveness of a warfarin-poisoning campaign against feral pigs, sus scrofa, in Namadgi National Park, A.C.T.

Wildlife Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 195-202

  McIlroy, J C ^a   Braysher, M ^b   Saunders, G R ^c  

^a CSIRO SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEMS   (Australia)

^b ACT Parks and Conservation Service   (Australia)

^c PMB ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERAL; PIG; WARFARIN;

AUSTRALIA, ACT, NAMADGI NATIONAL PARK;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0024907612     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR9890195     Document Type: Article

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