Efficacy of manufactured PIGOUT® baits for localised control of feral pigs in the semi-arid Queensland rangelands

Wildlife Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 427-437

  Cowled, Brendan D ^a,d   Gifford, Eddie ^a,b   Smith, Michelle ^c,d   Staples, Linton ^c,d   Lapidge, Steven J ^a,d  

^a Pest Animal Control Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Animal Control Technologies Australia P/L   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAIT; FERAL ORGANISM; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PIG; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION REGULATION; SEMIARID REGION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33747160195     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR05083     Document Type: Article

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