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• Myers, K. & MacInnes, C.D. (eds) 1981. Proceedings of the World Lagomorph Conference held in Guelph, Ontario August 1979. Guelph : Univ. Guelph xx 983 pp.
• Myers, K. & Parker, B.S. 1975. A study of the biology of the wild rabbit in climatically different regions in Eastern Australia. VI. Changes in numbers and distribution related to climate and land systems in semiarid North-western New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 2: 11-32
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• Parer, I. 1977. The population ecology of the wild rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.), in a Mediterranean-type climate in New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 4: 171-205
• Parer, I. 1982. Dispersal of the wild rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus, at Urana in New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 9: 427-441
• Parer, I. 1987. Factors influencing the distribution and abundance of rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 98: 73-82
• Parer, I. 1995. Relationship between survival rate and survival time of rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.), challenged with myxoma virus. Australian Journal of Zoology 43: 303-311
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• Parer, I. & Wood, D.H. 1986. Further observations of the use of warren entrances as an index of the number of rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus. Australian Wildlife Research 13: 331-332
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• Robinson, M.H. & Wheeler, S.H. 1983. A radiotracking study of four poisoning techniques for control of the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.). Australian Wildlife Research 10: 513-520
• Rolls, E.C. 1969. They All Ran Wild. The Story of Pests on the Land in Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 444 pp. 21 pls.
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