The effect of rabbit population control programmes on the impact of rabbit haemorrhagic disease in south-eastern Australia

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1137-1146

  Mutze, Gregory ^a   Kovaliski, John ^a   Butler, Kym ^b   Capucci, Lorenzo ^c   McPhee, Steve ^b,d  

^a Government of South Australia   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^d Agricultural Technical Services Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Calicivirus; Epidemiology; European rabbit; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Population density; RHDV; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANTIBODY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION REGULATION; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS;

AUSTRALIA;

CALICIVIRIDAE; LAGOVIRUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RABBIT HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS;

EID: 77956104231     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01844.x     Document Type: Article

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