Can shooting be an effective management tool for foxes? Preliminary insights from a management programme

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 224-226

  Mcleod, Lynette J ^a   Saunders, Glen R ^b   Miners, Andrew ^b  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b South East Livestock Health and Pest Authority ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Participatory management; Pest animal management; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAIT; CANID; CULLING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 82455184972     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2011.00613.x     Document Type: Article

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