Biological Control of Vertebrate Pests: The History of Myxomatosis, an Experiment in Evolution

by Frank J. Fenner and Bernardino Fantini

Biological control is a common and cost-effective way of controlling insect pests and weeds, but it has been ineffective for the control of vertebrate pests. The only successful examples are the use of myxomatosis and rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus to control rabbits in Australia. This book provides an authoritative account of biological control of vertebrate pests in general and of myxomatosis in particular. It describes in detail the natural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851993230
• ISBN13: 9780851993232
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.1" x 9.9"