Impact of bovine tuberculosis on a population of brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula Kerr) in the Orongorongo Valley, New Zealand

Wildlife Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 389-395

  Arthur, A ^a,b   Ramsey, D ^a   Efford, M ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; MAMMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; ORONGORONGO VALLEY; WELLINGTON [NORTH ISLAND];

ALOPIAS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 4644362870     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR03097     Document Type: Article

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