Induced 1080 bait-shyness in captive brushtail possums and implications for management

Wildlife Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-211

  Morgan, D R ^a   Morriss, G ^a   Hickling, G J ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAIT SHYNESS; BRUSHTAIL POSSUM; SODIUM MONOFLUOROACETATE;

TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0029752277     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR9960207     Document Type: Article

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