Recording fox baiting effort across the landscape using geographic information systems: Facilitating more effective management

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-58

  Towerton, Alison L ^a,b   Kavanagh, Rodney P ^a,b   Penman, Trent D ^a,c   Dickman, Christopher R ^b  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

1080 poison; Coordinated; Fox control; Landscape; Operational monitoring; Vertebrate pest

Indexed keywords

BAIT; GIS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PEST CONTROL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTEBRATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CANIDAE; VERTEBRATA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84873831325     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/emr.12026     Document Type: Article

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