
%0 Journal Article
%A Scarman, L.J. 
%A Brown, S.P. 
%A Farrugia, F.J.F. 
%A Marker, E.N. 
%A Lane, M. 
%T Target Specificity of Foxoff Baits at Belair National Park.
%J Australian Mammalogy
%D 1998/09/01
%V 20
%N 3
%P 431-432
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AM98431
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AM98431 
%X Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) pose a significant threat to small native mammals in Australia (Saunders et al. 1995) and may restrict the recovery of some populations of native mammals and birds (Norman, Cullen and Dann 1992; Augee, Smith and Rose 1996; Priddel and Wheeler 1996; Seebeck and Booth 1996; Smith and Quin 1996). In the Adelaide area V. vulpes are wide- spread in the hills. They are often reported near houses and are a nuisance because of their predation on backyard poultry. Within Belair National Park, an area of 840 ha located in the Adelaide hills about 8 km from the City Centre, foxes are a potential danger to small native mammals, such as the Southern Brown Bandicoot (lsoodon obesulus).There is a small population of I. obesulus in Belair National Park, (Regel et al. 1996) of which 62 individuals from an area of about 30 ha were recently marked with microchips. A fox baiting program with Foxoff&#xae; in autumn 1996 in Belair National Park saw the uptake of 97 poisoned baits, with two fox carcasses located. 
