Not just a matter of taste: Palatability of bait markers is influenced by the need to search for alternative food

Wildlife Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 596-602

  Weerakoon, Malith K ^a,b   Banks, Peter B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

bait uptake; foraging constraint; Rhodamine B

Indexed keywords

BAIT; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD CONSUMPTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PALATABILITY; PEST CONTROL; RODENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD; TOXICITY; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 82955169511     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR10151     Document Type: Article

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