Social acceptability of stoats and stoat control methods

Science for Conservation

Volumn , Issue 207, 2002, Pages 5-23

  Fitzgerald, Gerard ^a   Fitzgerald, Nicholas ^a   Wilkinson, Roger ^a  

^a Fitzgerald Applied Sociology   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biological control; Focus groups; Genetic engineering; Genetic modification; New Zealand; Perceptions; Pest control; Public attitudes; Stoat control; Stoats

Indexed keywords

INTRODUCED SPECIES; MUSTELID; PEST CONTROL; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

NEW ZEALAND;

MUSTELA ERMINEA; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 0036919987     PISSN: 11732946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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