Levamisole can reduce bait monopolization in wild red foxes Vulpes vulpes

Mammal Review

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 325-330

  Gentle, Matt ^a,b   Massei, Giovanna ^c   Saunders, Glen ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baiting; Conditioned taste aversion; Oral contraceptives; Oral vaccines; Repellency

Indexed keywords

BAIT; CANID; CONDITIONING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PEST CONTROL; REPELLENT;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 10844255921     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2004.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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