Feral goats in South-Western Queensland: A permanent component of the Grazing Lands

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 268-287

  Thompson, J ^a   Riethmuller, J ^b   Kelly, D ^b   Miller, E ^b   Scanlan, J C ^b  

^a Queensland Parks and Wildlife Sewice   (Australia)

^b Department of Natural Resources and Mines ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic returns; Feral goats; Grazing impact; Landholder participation; Monitoring; Total grazing pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649104654     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ02015     Document Type: Article

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