The kaka Nestor meridionalis, a New Zealand parrot endangered by introduced wasps and mammals

Biological Conservation

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 23-38

  Beggs, Jacqueline R ^a   Wilson, Peter R ^a  

^a New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; INTRODUCTION; KAKA; PARROT; SCALE INSECT; STOAT; WASP;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0026096066     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(91)90086-O     Document Type: Article

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