The effect of poisoned and notional vaccinated buffers on possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) movements: Minimising the risk of bovine tuberculosis spread from forest to farmland

Wildlife Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 283-292

  Pech, R ^a   Byrom, A ^a   Anderson, D ^a   Thomson, C ^a   Coleman, M ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; BUFFER ZONE; DISEASE SPREAD; GPS; HOME RANGE; MARSUPIAL; MOVEMENT; POISONING; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VACCINATION;

KAIMANAWA MOUNTAINS; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

BOVINAE; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 77954226276     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR09161     Document Type: Article

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