Hen eggs poisoned with sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) for control of stoats (mustela erminea) in new zealand

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 165-172

  Spurr, E B ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

1080; Baits; Hen eggs; Mustela erminea; Sodium monofluoroacetate; Stoats

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTROL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MUSTELID; POISONING;

NEW ZEALAND;

MUSTELA ERMINEA; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 0033759634     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2000.9518222     Document Type: Article

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