Managing feral goat impacts by manipulating their access to water in the rangelands

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-152

  Russell, Benjamin G ^a   Letnic, Mike ^b   Fleming, Peter J S ^c  

^a Pest Management Unit   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

exclusion fencing; invasive species; pest animal management

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 79959551161     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ10070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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