Costs and benefits of aerial 1080 possum control operations using carrot baits to North Island robins (Petroica australis longipes), Pureora Forest Park

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-159

  Powlesland, R G ^a   Knegtmans, J W ^a   Marshall, I S J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

1080; Carrot baits; Colour bands; Mortality; Nesting success; North Island robin; Population recovery; Sodium monofluoroacetate

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PEST CONTROL; POISONING;

NEW ZEALAND;

PETROICA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 0033400496     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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