The effects of lethal control on the conservation values of Canis lupus dingo

Wolves: Biology, Behavior and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 79-108

  Allen, Benjamin L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apex predator; Canis lupus dingo; Hybridization; Lethal control; Mesopredator release; Sodium monofluoroacetate (1080)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896237502     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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