Focal species offer management tool
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Ecologist Robert Lambeck has developed a endangered-species conservation model based on complex landscapes instead of individual species. The few remaining tracks of pristine land in Australia, mostly private land, will be studied and species will be linked into groups requiring similar strategies.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1996
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Australia fends off critic of plan to eradicate rabbits
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A program aimed at eradicating rabbits, a notorious imported pest, with Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease on an Australian island, spread to the mainland before its planned release time. The Australian government is now trying to downplay criticism by Smith, who warns of possible cross-species infection.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1996
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Wide use of rabbit virus is good news for native species
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Australian officials report excellent results from the use of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus to control a plague of European rabbits. The rabbit population has dropped 95% in some areas, and native plants and animals are rebounding.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1997
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