Predicting the incidence of mohua predation from the seedfall, mouse, and predator fluctuations in beech forests

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 287-293

  O'Donnell, Colin F J ^a   Phillipson, Stephen M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Beech mast; Mohoua ochrocephala; Mohua; Mouse; Mus musculus; Mustela erminea; Nothofagus; Predation; Predator cycles; Stoats; Yellowhead

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000949480     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1996.9518087     Document Type: Article

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