Predation of northern New Zealand Dotterels (Charadrius obscurus aquilonius) by stoats

Notornis

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 144-146

  Dowding, John E ^a   Murphy, Elaine C ^b  

^a Department of Conservation ^*  (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Charadrius obscurus; New Zealand Dotterel; Predation; Stoat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002116154     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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