Spatial interactions and habitat use of rabbits on pasture and implications for the spread of rabbit haemorrhagic disease in new south wales

Wildlife Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-58

  White, Piran C L ^a   Newton Cross, Geraldine A ^a   Gray, Michael ^a   Ashford, Roland ^a   White, Catherine ^a   Saunders, Glen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DISEASE SPREAD; HABITAT USE; LAGOMORPH; PEST CONTROL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

LAGOMORPHA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0038707274     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR01106     Document Type: Article

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