Cats, rabbits, Myxoma virus, and vegetation on Macquarie Island: A comment on Bergstrom et al. (2009)

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1129-1132

  Dowding, John E ^a   Murphy, Elaine C ^b,c   Springer, Keith ^d   Peacock, Anthony J ^c   Krebs, Charles J ^c  

^a DM Consultants   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^d Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation management; Ecological models; Invasive mammals; Island restoration; Pest eradication; Seabirds; Subantarctic

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FELID; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAGOMORPH; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION REGULATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEABIRD; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VIRUS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MACQUARIE ISLAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

MAMMALIA; MYXOMA VIRUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 70349671182     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01690.x     Document Type: Article

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