Can foxes be controlled by reducing their fertility?

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-50

  Pech, R ^a   Hood, G M ^a   McIlroy, J ^a   Saunders, G ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH CONTROL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOX; INFERTILITY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRACEPTION, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOXES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; PEST CONTROL; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; VERTEBRATA; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0030965147     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/R96059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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