An economic decision model of wild rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus control to conserve Australian native vegetation

Wildlife Research

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 558-565

  Cooke, Brian ^a   Jones, Randall ^b,d   Gong, Wendy ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Philippines)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

conservation; decision; economic; Oryctolagus; rabbit; vegetation

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; LAGOMORPH; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MONETARY POLICY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALIA;

ORYCTOLAGUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 78650599009     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR09154     Document Type: Article

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