The importation, release, establishment, spread, and early impact on prey animals of the red fox Vulpes vulpes in Victoria and adjoining parts of south-eastern Australia

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 463-531

  Abbott, Ian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Crop Variety Testing Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Introduced species; Invasive species; Naturalisation

Indexed keywords

CANID; CAPTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAGOMORPH; NATURALIZATION; POISONING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RURAL AREA; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEPORIDAE; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 82055201442     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/az.2011.003     Document Type: Article

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