The potential for participatory landscape management to reduce the impact of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) on lamb production

Wildlife Research

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 695-701

  McLeod, Lynette J ^a   Saunders, Glen R ^a   McLeod, Steven R ^a   Dawson, Michelle ^a   Van De Ven, Remy ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

1080 baiting; Australia; group control; predation; seasonal timing

Indexed keywords

BAIT; CANID; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PREDATION; PREY CAPTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

CANIDAE; OVIS ARIES; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 78650540304     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR10082     Document Type: Article

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