Detecting pest and prey responses to fox control across the landscape using remote cameras

Wildlife Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 208-220

  Towerton, Alison L ^a   Penman, Trent D ^b   Kavanagh, Rodney P ^c   Dickman, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

camera trap; monitoring; pest control; red fox; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRYPSIS; FELID; PEST CONTROL; POISONING; RECOLONIZATION; REMOTE SENSING;

AUSTRALIA; GOOCHES SWAMP; NEW SOUTH WALES;

AVES; CANIDAE; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 79960367698     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR10213     Document Type: Article

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