Sustained recall of bait acceptability in captive brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula)

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 473-478

  Nugent, G ^a   Turner, J ^a   Warburton, B ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brushtail possum; Poison baiting; Pre feeding; Sustained recall; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; BAIT; CAPTIVE POPULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MARSUPIAL; POISONING; SUSTAINABILITY; TOXIC MATERIAL;

PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 75449110597     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2009.9651479     Document Type: Article

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