Changes in habitat use by lizards on a New Zealand island following removal of the introduced pacific rat Rattus exulans

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 286-292

  Towns, David R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Beaches; Females; Habitat; Rabbits; Rocks; Scincidae oligosoma smithi; Shore skink

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; INTRODUCED PREDATOR; LIZARD; PACIFIC RAT; PREDATOR REMOVAL; RABBIT; SHORE SKINK;

NEW ZEALAND, MERCURY ISLANDS, KORAPUKI ISLAND;

OLIGOSOMA SMITHI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS EXULANS;

EID: 0030431482     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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