Population control of coypu Myocastor coypus in Italy compared to eradication in UK: A cost-benefit analysis

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-171

  Panzacchi, Manuela ^a,c   Bertolino, Sandro ^b   Cocchi, Roberto ^a   Genovesi, Piero ^a  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biologic invasions; Damage; Economic losses; Impact; Invasive alien species; Pest

Indexed keywords

MYOCASTOR COYPUS;

EID: 34548023913     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2007)13[159:PCOCMC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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