Lithium and cyanide-induced conditioned food aversions in brushtail possums

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 195-201

  Kay Clapperton, B ^a,b   Matthews, Lindsay R ^a   Fawkes, Matthew S ^a   Pearson, Allan J ^a  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

brushtail possum; conditioned food aversion; learning behavior; lithium chloride; New Zealand; pest control; poison; sodium cyanide; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

BAIT SHYNESS; BRUSHTAIL POSSUM; CONDITIONED FOOD AVERSION; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CYANIDE;

TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0029668251     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802055     Document Type: Article

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