Pest or prized possession? Genetically modified biocontrol from an international perspective

Wildlife Research

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 578-585

  Henderson, Wendy R ^a   Murphy, Elaine C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 37149032139     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR07062     Document Type: Review

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