Mohua and stoats: A population viability analysis

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 239-247

  Elliott, Graeme P ^a  

^a NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Mohoua ochrocephala; Mohua; Nest predation; Population extinction; Population viability analysis; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000672163     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1996.9518083     Document Type: Article

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