The Econo-techno-social Design of Invasive Animal Management: Costs and benefits or beneficiaries and benefactors?

Australian Geographer

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 37-52

  Meurk, Carla ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

applied social science; bounty systems; economy as social practice; feral pigs; invasive animal management; Live catch trapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894036351     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2014.869295     Document Type: Article

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