Sympatric prey responses to lethal top-predator control: Predator manipulation experiments

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Allen, Benjamin L ^a,b   Allen, Lee R ^b   Engeman, Richard M ^c   Leung, Luke K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Robert Wicks Pest Animal Research Centre   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis lupus dingo; Carnivore conservation; Fauna recovery planning; Ground dwelling birds; Kangaroo; Poison baiting; Small mammals; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS DINGO; CANIS LUPUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84907444513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12983-014-0056-y     Document Type: Article

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