Teaching an endangered mammal to recognise predators

Biological Conservation

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-62

  McLean, Ian G ^a   Lundie Jenkins, Geoffrey ^b   Jarman, Peter J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Arid Zone Research Institute   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Endangered species; Hare wallaby; Lagorchestes hirsutus; Predators

Indexed keywords

LAGORCHESTES HIRSUTUS; FELIS CATUS; VULPES VULPES;

CAT; CONDITIONING; ENDANGERED MAMMAL; PREDATOR RECOGNITION; RED FOX; RUFOUS HARE- WALLABY;

EID: 0029668866     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(95)00038-0     Document Type: Article

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