Short-term ecological effects of rabbit haemorrhagic disease in the short-tussock grasslands of the South Island, New Zealand

Wildlife Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 599-604

  Norbury, Grant ^a   Heyward, Richard ^a   Parkes, John ^b  

^a Wildlife Ecology and Management Team   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LAGOMORPH; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NEW ZEALAND;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; AVES; BOVINAE; CATUS; FELIS CATUS; LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; MUSTELA; MUSTELA FURO; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0036969157     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR00085     Document Type: Article

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