Effectiveness of newly-designed electric fences in reducing crop damage by medium and large mammals

Mammal Study

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-17

  Honda, Takeshi ^a   Miyagawa, Yoshiki ^a   Ueda, Hironori ^b   Inoue, Masateru ^b  

^a Yamanashi Prefecture Agricultural Research Center   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cost and effectiveness; Crop damage; Electric fence; Expanded metal lath; Medium and large mammals

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; CERVUS NIPPON; LEPUS BRACHYURUS; MACACA; MAMMALIA; MARTES MELAMPUS; MELES MELES; NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES; PAGUMA LARVATA; SUS SCROFA; URSUS AMERICANUS; VULPES;

EID: 77749277711     PISSN: 13434152     EISSN: 13486160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3106/041.034.0103     Document Type: Article

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