Capra hircus
(Bovidae)
goat
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Capra hircus
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Goats (Capra hircus) in Australia/New Zealand
Information about feral goats (Capra hircus) in Australia/New Zealand is provided by authorities and Canberra University in Australia.
Capra hircus description and ecology from GISD (ISSG)
A species description and information about the ecology of Capra hircus as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).
Capra hircus impact information from GISD (ISSG)
Impact information regarding Capra hircus as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).
The high cost of having no control program
Fencing free-roaming game mammals is expensive, but not doing it costs more. The economic and social costs of game mammal damage are explained.
The need for speedy reform of Hawaii's game management program
A description of the feral pig problem in Hawaii with excellent photographs and facts about the impacts pigs are having on native plants and animals are on this Rare Hawaii site.
Non-native species in Haleakala National Park
Haleakala's strategy to fence the park to exclude alien ungulates; remove all populations of feral goats, pigs and deer; and place snares at remote areas to intercept any individual ungulate that penetrates the boundary fence, now preserves the native ecosystems.
Increasing the efficacy of Judas goats by sterilisation and pregnancy termination
The abstract of the article "Increasing the efficacy of Judas goats by sterilisation and pregnancy termination" (Wildlife Research 32(8) 737-743) is available online, and the full text of the article is available for purchase.
Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review
and draft regional strategy (2000)
The status of invasive plants, vertebrates, arthropods, molluscs, and crustaceans, and options for a regional invasive species strategy for the South Pacific are presented in this series of articles from the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2000.
Capra hircus worldwide distribution from GISD (ISSG)
Worldwide distribution information about Capra hircus is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).
Making hunting pono--save Hawaii's native creatures
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin (http://starbulletin.com)
Hunters hit conservancy for hiring a foreign firm
Angry Molokai hunters decry The Nature Conservancy's hiring a New Zealand firm to track and hunt wild pigs and goats on remote conservation land on Maui and Molokai (Honolulu Star Bulletin 9/1/2007).
Kanaio Natural Area Reserve: biological inventory and management recommendations
Medeiros, Arthur C., Lloyd L. Loope, and C.G. Chimera. 1993. Kanaio Natural Area Reserve: biological inventory and management recommendations. Natural Area Reserve System, State of Hawaii.
The expansion of koa forest after cattle and goat removal, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
Tunison, J. Timothy, A.A. McKinney, and W.L. Markiewicz. 1995. The expansion of koa forest after cattle and goat removal, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. Technical report 99. Honolulu: Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research
Stone, Charles P., Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison (eds.) . 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. ISBN: 0-8248-1474-6.
Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy
South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Sherley, Greg (ed.) . 2000. Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. ISBN: 982-04-0214-X.
Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.
Bio-economics of large-scale eradication of feral goats from Santiago Island, Galapagos
Cruz, Felipe, Victor Carrion, Karl J. Campbell, Christian Lavoie, and C. Josh Donlan. 2009. Bio-economics of large-scale eradication of feral goats from Santiago Island, Galapagos. J. Wildlife Management 73(2): 191-200. Feb. 2009.
Increasing the efficacy of Judas goats by sterilisation and pregnancy termination
The abstract of the article "Increasing the efficacy of Judas goats by sterilisation and pregnancy termination" (Wildlife Research 32(8) 737-743) is available online, and the full text of the article is available for purchase.
Capra hircus references from GISD (ISSG)
References regarding Capra hircus as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).
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