Feral goats (Capra hircus L.) in the Macleay River gorge system, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. I. Impacts on soil erosion

Wildlife Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 519-525

  Bayne, Paul ^a,b   Harden, Robert ^a   Davies, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERAL ORGANISM; GOAT; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SOIL EROSION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; WORLD;

CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 12344286403     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR03039     Document Type: Article

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