Formation and maintenance of discrete wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) population systems in arid Australia: Habitat heterogeneity and management implications

Austral Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 183-191

  Wilson, J C ^a   Fuller, S J ^a   Mather, P B ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetic differentiation; Habitat heterogeneity; Local extinction; Population management; Rabbit; Recolonization

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROGENEITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECOLONIZATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 10644221177     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2002.01169.x     Document Type: Article

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