Experiments in no-impact control of dingoes: Comment on Allen et al. 2013

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Johnson, Christopher N ^a   Crowther, Mathew S ^b   Dickman, Chris R ^b   Letnic, Michael I ^c   Newsome, Thomas M ^d   Nimmo, Dale G ^e   Ritchie, Euan G ^e   Wallach, Arian D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canis dingo; Feral cat; Mesopredator release; Red fox; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894526470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-11-17     Document Type: Note

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