Correlates of introduction success in exotic New Zealand birds

American Naturalist

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 542-557

  Veltman, Clare J ^a   Nee, Sean ^b   Crawley, Mick J ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INTRODUCED BIRD; TRANSLOCATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0029750366     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285865     Document Type: Article

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