Control of a coypu Myocastor coypus population in northern Italy and management implications

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-42

  Cocchi, R ^a   Riga, F ^a  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Demography; Management; Myocastor coypus; Pest species; Population control; Population structure

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BIRTH RATE; EMBRYO; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEX RATIO; TRAPPING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; MYOCASTOR COYPUS;

EID: 37049009727     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000701690350     Document Type: Article

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