Fertility control of overabundant species; can it work for fetal rabbits?

Ecology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 281-285

  Twigg, Laurie E ^a   Williams, C Kent ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Compensation; Density dependence; Fertility control; Pest management; Productivity; Rabbits; Recruitment; Survival

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032880345     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1999.00085.x     Document Type: Article

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