Environmental and economic factors determine the number of feral goats commercially harvested in Western Australia

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-109

  Forsyth, David M ^a   Parkes, John P ^b   Woolnough, Andrew P ^c   Pickles, Greg ^d   Collins, Marnie ^e   Gordon, Ian ^e  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia ^*  (Australia)

^d Bentley Delivery Centre   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capra hircus; Harvest theory; Harvesting; Large herbivores; Semi arid rangelands; Time series analysis; Ungulates; Wildlife harvesting

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERAL ORGANISM; GOAT; HARVESTING; MODELING; RANGELAND; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 58249097194     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01577.x     Document Type: Article

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