Costs and benefits of pre‐feeding for possum control

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-193

  Coleman, J D ^a   Fraser, K W ^a   Nugent, G ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Baiting; Bioeconomics; Possum; Pre feeding; Time to re treatment; Trichosurus vulpecula; Vertebrate pest control

Indexed keywords

BAIT; FEEDING; MAMMAL; PEST CONTROL;

DAUCUS CAROTA; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 35748971800     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014220709510077     Document Type: Article

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