Using aspects of predator-prey theory to evaluate helicopter shooting for feral pig control

Wildlife Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 251-261

  Choquenot, David ^a,b   Hone, Jim ^c   Saunders, Glen ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; PEST CONTROL; THEORETICAL STUDY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033022599     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR98006     Document Type: Article

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