The efficacy of feral cat, fox and rabbit exclusion fence designs for threatened species protection

Biological Conservation

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 429-437

  Moseby, K E ^a   Read, J L ^b  

^a Arid Recovery   (Australia)

^b BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cat; Exclusion fencing; Fox; Pen trials; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

BARRIER (EQUIPMENT); EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; PREDATOR CONTROL; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 28544437358     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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