Model marsupial or menace? A review of research on brushtail possums in Australia and New Zealand

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 168-172

  Clout, Michael N ^a,b,c,d,e   Sarre, Stephen D ^a,c,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research   (New Zealand)

^e New Zealand Dept of Conservation   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^g AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

literature review; research attitudes; Trichosurus vulpecula; vertebrate pest control

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BRUSHTAIL POSSUM; INTRODUCED MAMMAL; LITERATURE REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0030616574     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. ATKINSON, P., AND D. WRIGHT. 1993. The formulation of a national policy for biological control of possums and bovine tuberculosis. New Zealand J. Zool. 20:325-328.
2. COWAN, P. E. 1990. Brushtail possum. Pages 68-98 in C. M. King, ed. The handbook of New Zealand mammals. Oxford Univ. Press, Auckland, N.Z.
3. GRKEN, W. Q. 1984. A review of ecological studies relevant to management of the common brushtail possum. Pages 483-499 in A. Smith and I Hume, eds. Possums and gliders. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton. New South Wales, Australia.
4. MLYER, L., N. IGRA, G. SANBORN, AND R. NILES. 1994. Endnote Plus. Niles and Assoc., Berkeley, Calif. 335pp.
5. MORGAN, D. R., AND M. J. SINCLAIR. 1983. A bibliography of the brush-tailed possum (Tricbosurns vulpecula Kerr). For. Res. Inst., New Zealand For. Serv., Christchurch, N.Z. 79pp.
6. TYNDALE-BISCOE, C.H. 1973 Life of marsupials. Edward Arnold, London, U.K. 254pp.