Home-range changes by brushtail possums in response to control

Wildlife Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-127

  Efford, Murray ^a   Warburton, Bruce ^b   Spencer, Nick ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOME RANGE; IMMIGRATION; MARSUPIAL; PEST CONTROL;

NEW ZEALAND;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0034001966     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR99005     Document Type: Article

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