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The Australian Pest Animal Strategy
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Author
Dall, D.J.
Publisher
Australian Rangeland Society
Publication Year
2010
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The Australian rangelands are inhabited by a variety of vertebrate pest animals including rabbits, foxes, and wild dogs, and feral camels, goats, pigs and cats.  These pests cause environmental damage through their predatory and browsing activities and economic impacts through forage and stock losses, damage to infrastructure and associated management costs. The Australian Pest Animal Strategy (APAS) was recently developed by the national Vertebrate Pests Committee (VPC), and now provides a framework plan that has been endorsed by all Australian governments. ...

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Conference Paper
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Cite this paper:
Dall, D.J. (2010).The Australian Pest Animal Strategy. In: Proceedings of the 16th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Bourke (Eds D.J. Eldridge and C. Waters) (Australian Rangeland Society: Perth).
Conference Name
16th Biennial Conference, Australian Rangeland Society, Bourke, New South Wales
Keywords
Pests
management
Animal