Good intentions with adverse outcomes when conservation and pest management guidelines are ignored: A case study in rabbit biocontrol

Abstract To mitigate the negative impacts of invasive rabbits in Australia, land managers are permitted to release the biocontrol virus, rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV), to reduce rabbit numbers. However, it is strongly recommended that RHDV is not released when young rabbits are present in...

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Main Authors: Patrick L. Taggart, Tiffany W. O'Connor, Brian Cooke, Andrew J. Read, Peter D. Kirkland, Emma Sawyers, Peter West, Kandarp Patel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-04-01
Series:Conservation Science and Practice
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12639