The effectiveness of poison bait stations at reducing ship rat abundance during an irruption in a Nothofagus forest

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-21

  Smith, Des H V ^a,b   Murphy, Elaine C ^a   Christie, Jenny C ^a   Hill, Gerard S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^b Centre for Conservation Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

1080; Bait stations; Coumatetralyl; Rattus rattus; Rodent irruptions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAIT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PESTICIDE; RODENT; SEED PREDATION; SURVIVAL; TRAPPING;

FAGUS; MUS; NOTHOFAGUS; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 66149092332     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014220909510135     Document Type: Article

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