Monitoring bait removal in vertebrate pest control: A comparison using track identification and remote photography

Wildlife Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-33

  Glen, Alistair S ^a   Dickman, Chris R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAIT; CANID; MONITORING; PREDATOR CONTROL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038368862     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR01059     Document Type: Article

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