Preliminary field assessment of a cabergoline baiting campaign for reproductive control of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Wildlife Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-168

  Marks, Clive A ^a   Nijk, Michele ^a,b   Gigliotti, Frank ^a   Busana, Frank ^a   Short, Roger V ^b  

^a Keith Turnbull Research Institute   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTIFACIENT; BAIT; CABERGOLINE; CAT; DOG; LACTATION; RED FOX;

AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, BENDIGO; AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, MELBOURNE;

EID: 0029730119     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR9960161     Document Type: Article

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