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Cosmos 15 November 2006 The dingo divide (by Benjamin Lester) Suggests that dingoes may be a valuable weapon against feral cats and foxes.
Ecos No. 132, 2006, page 4 Researchers identify a likely carp control Looks at efforts to use a virus as a biological control agent for carp.
No. 132, 2006, page 6 New! Environmentally friendly insecticides Describes a new class of insecticide that is pest-specific and produces no harmful environmental side effects.
No. 116, 2003, pages 16-19 Australia after rabbits (by Steve Davidson) Looks at how ecosystems are responding since rabbit numbers decreased because of calicivirus.
No. 112, 2002, pages 3-33 Chicken feed (by Steve Davidson) Suggests that rabbits have become a staple diet for wedge-tailed eagles and that as rabbit numbers decrease, the eagles' diet changes and breeding rate declines.
New Scientist 30 August 2003, page 8 Biocontrol arms race looms (by Rachel Nowak) Argues that a genetically modified virus that solves Australia’s mouse plague problems could also affect other species.
10 August 2002, page 3 Viruses can run wild too Reports on the escape of calicivirus from an island research station.
28 July 2001, page 15 Fast breeders (by Debora MacKenzie) Explains why calicivirus affects rabbits differently in Britain.
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