Fertility control in the eastern grey kangaroo using levonorgestrel implants

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 470-477

  Nave, Christopher D ^a   Coulson, Graeme ^a   Poiani, Aldo ^a   Shaw, Geoffrey ^a   Renfree, Marilyn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Contraception; Eastern grey kangaroo; Fertility control; Gestagen; Kangaroo; Levonorgestrel; Macropus giganteus; Marsupial; Overabundant; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE USE; MARSUPIAL; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION REGULATION; REPRODUCTION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS; MACROPUS GIGANTEUS; MACROPUS SP.; METATHERIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036527858     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3803180     Document Type: Article

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