Improving the conservation of threatened and rare mammal species through translocation to islands: Case study Western Australia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 195-201

  Abbott, Ian ^a  

^a Bentley Delivery Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Island; Mammalia; Protocol; Translocation; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ISLAND; MAMMAL; PREDATION RISK; SITE SELECTION; TRANSLOCATION;

AUSTRALIA;

CANIDAE; CATUS; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0034100456     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00144-5     Document Type: Article

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