Bait aggregation to reduce cost and toxin use in aerial 1080 baiting of small mammal pests in New Zealand
Abstract BACKGROUND: The metabolic toxin sodium fluoroacetate (‘compound 1080’) is widely used for controlling introduced mammalian pests in New Zealand. For large‐scale operations, 1080 is distributed aerially in bait to kill brushtail possums ( Trichosurus vulpecula Kerr) and ship rats ( Rattus ra...
Published in: | Pest Management Science |
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2012
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ps.3315 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fps.3315 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ps.3315 |