Long-term cost effectiveness of fences to manage European wild rabbits

The cost-effectiveness of two types of portable electric netting fences and three designs of permanent wire netting fences used to exclude European wild rabbits from crops was compared in a 6-year field trial. The two types of electric fences were equally effective at excluding rabbits from crops an...

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Published inCrop protection Vol. 17; no. 5; pp. 393 - 400
Main Authors McKillop, I.G., Butt, P., Lill, J., Pepper, H.W., Wilson, C.J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.07.1998
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cost-effectiveness
fencing
rabbit management
rabbit management
cost-effectiveness
fencing
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Summary:The cost-effectiveness of two types of portable electric netting fences and three designs of permanent wire netting fences used to exclude European wild rabbits from crops was compared in a 6-year field trial. The two types of electric fences were equally effective at excluding rabbits from crops and effectiveness ( ca 80–85%) did not vary throughout the trial. The effectiveness of the wire netting fences did not appear to vary from their initial level of ca 80%. By the end of the trial the difference between the costs of a 750-m-long electric netting fence and a wire netting fence had decreased from an initial £1.75 m −1 to £0.10 m −1. Use of fencing and choice of fence type should therefore be dictated by the situation at individual sites.
ISSN:0261-2194
1873-6904
DOI:10.1016/S0261-2194(98)00030-1