The use of poison baits to control feral cats and red foxes in arid South Australia II. Bait type, placement, lures and non-target uptake

Wildlife Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 350-358

  Moseby, K E ^a,b   Read, J L ^a,b   Galbraith, B ^b   Munro, N ^b   Newport, J ^b   Hill, B M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Arid Recovery   (Australia)

Author keywords

baiting; broadscale control; introduced; threatened species.

Indexed keywords

BAIT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELID; GROOMING; INGESTION RATE; OLFACTORY CUE; POISONING; REINTRODUCTION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

CANIDAE; CORVIDA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; VULPES;

EID: 80052730000     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR10236     Document Type: Article

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