Resolving the value of the dingo in ecological restoration

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 201-208

  Newsome, Thomas M ^a,b   Ballard, Guy Anthony ^c   Crowther, Mathew S ^a   Dellinger, Justin A ^d   Fleming, Peter J S ^c,e   Glen, Alistair S ^f   Greenville, Aaron C ^a   Johnson, Chris N ^g   Letnic, Mike ^h   Moseby, Katherine E ^i,j   Nimmo, Dale G ^k   Nelson, Michael Paul ^b   Read, John L ^i,j   Ripple, William J ^b   Ritchie, Euan G ^k   Shores, Carolyn R ^d   Wallach, Arian D ^l   Wirsing, Aaron J ^d   Dickman, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^f LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^j Arid Recovery   (Australia)

^k DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^l CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Australia; Canis dingo; Extinction; Mesopredator release; Top predator

Indexed keywords

CANID; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXTINCTION; PREDATOR; RANGELAND; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; STURT NATIONAL PARK;

CANIS FAMILIARIS DINGO; FELIS CATUS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84928418066     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12186     Document Type: Article

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