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Australia's War Against Rabbits: The Story of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease
Brian Douglas Cooke
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Description for Australia's War Against Rabbits: The Story of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease
Paperback. Provides up-to-date information on the use of biological control agents to manage wild rabbit populations. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 171 x 13. Weight in Grams: 534.
The management of wild rabbits is a vexing problem worldwide. In countries such as Australia and New Zealand, wild rabbits are regarded as serious pests to agriculture and the environment, while in many European countries they are considered an important hunting resource, and are a cornerstone species in Mediterranean ecosystems, modifying habitats and supporting important predator populations such as the Iberian lynx. The introduction of two viral diseases, myxomatosis and rabbit haemorrhagic disease, as biological control agents in Australia has been met favourably, yet their spread in southern Europe threatens natural rabbit populations. Despite this, scientists with very different goals ... Read more
The management of wild rabbits is a vexing problem worldwide. In countries such as Australia and New Zealand, wild rabbits are regarded as serious pests to agriculture and the environment, while in many European countries they are considered an important hunting resource, and are a cornerstone species in Mediterranean ecosystems, modifying habitats and supporting important predator populations such as the Iberian lynx. The introduction of two viral diseases, myxomatosis and rabbit haemorrhagic disease, as biological control agents in Australia has been met favourably, yet their spread in southern Europe threatens natural rabbit populations. Despite this, scientists with very different goals ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
CSIRO Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Melbourne, Australia
ISBN
9780643096127
SKU
V9780643096127
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Brian Douglas Cooke
Brian Douglas Cooke has worked on the management of wild rabbits for over 40 years. Initially in South Australia and subsequently in Canberra, he has worked with rabbits in Australia’s arid zone, Europe and the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Islands, specialising most recently on newly emergent rabbit haemorrhagic disease.
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