Evaluation of five kill traps for effective capture and killing of australian brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula)

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 307-314

  Warburton, B ^a   Orchard, I ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Humaneness; Kill traps; Possums; Standards; Trapping; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

TRAPPING;

EID: 0030319265     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1996.9518089     Document Type: Article

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