Can the Judas technique be applied to pest birds?

Wildlife Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 449-455

  Woolnough, Andrew P ^a   Lowe, Tim J ^a   Rose, Ken ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIRD; CONTROL SYSTEM; PEST CONTROL; RADIOTELEMETRY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 33749395711     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR06009     Document Type: Article

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