Spatially-explicit model for assessing wild dog control strategies in Western Australia

Large predators can significantly impact livestock industries. In Australia, wild dogs (Canis lupus familiaris, Canis lupus dingo, and hybrids) cause economic losses of more than AUD$40M annually. Landscape-scale exclusion fencing coupled with lethal techniques is a widely practiced control method....

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Published in:Ecological Modelling
Main Authors: Pacioni, Carlo, Kennedy, Malcolm S., Berry, Oliver, Stephens, Danielle, Schumaker, Nathan H
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Canis lupus
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5812689/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29456284
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.12.001
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Summary:Large predators can significantly impact livestock industries. In Australia, wild dogs (Canis lupus familiaris, Canis lupus dingo, and hybrids) cause economic losses of more than AUD$40M annually. Landscape-scale exclusion fencing coupled with lethal techniques is a widely practiced control method. In Western Australia, the State Barrier Fence encompasses approximately 260,000km2 of predominantly agricultural land, but its effectiveness in preventing wild dogs from entering the agricultural region is difficult to evaluate.

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