Non-target mortalities during aerial strychnine baiting of house mice

Wildlife Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-128

  Brown, Peter R ^a   Lundie Jenkins, Geoff ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAIT; MORTALITY; PEST CONTROL; RODENT;

AVES; MUS MUSCULUS; RAPTORES; RODENTIA; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033037634     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR98018     Document Type: Article

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