The ecology of yellow‐crowned parakeets (cyanoramphus auriceps) in nothofagus forest in fiordland, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 249-265

  Elliott, Graeme P ^a   Dilks, Peter J ^b   O’Donnell, Colin F J ^b  

^a Department of Conservation ^*  (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Beech mast; Breeding; Cyanoramphus auriceps; Nest dimensions; Population irruption; Radio tracking; Stoat predation; Yellow crowned parakeet

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001154198     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1996.9518084     Document Type: Article

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