Australian and New Zealand mammal species considered to be pests or problems

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-36

  Cowan, P E ^a   Tyndale Biscoe, C H ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; CONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE;

AUSTRALIA; BIRTH CONTROL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CONTRACEPTION; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOLOGY; MAMMALS; NEW ZEALAND; PEST CONTROL;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; MACROPODIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PHALANGERIDAE;

EID: 0030940285     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/R96058     Document Type: Conference Paper

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