The outcomes and costs of relocating flying-fox camps: Insights from the case of Maclean, Australia

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 35, Issue SPEC. ISSUE, 2011, Pages 277-287

  Roberts, Billie J ^a   Eby, Peggy ^b   Catterall, Carla P ^a   Kanowski, John ^c   Bennett, Gillian ^d  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NSW Department of Environment Climate Change and Water   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fruit bat; Human animal conflict; Pteropus; Relocation; Urban economics; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

BAT; COASTAL ZONE; DISPERSAL; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HISTORICAL RECORD; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NOISE; RELOCATION; RESIDENT POPULATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; MACLEAN; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANIMALIA; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS;

EID: 81755161995     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/fs.2011.028     Document Type: Article

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