Distribution, habitat and conservation status of Hemideina ricta and H. femorata on banks Peninsula, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-49

  Townsend, J A ^a   Brown, B ^b   Stringer, I A N ^a   Potter, M A ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Banks Peninsula; Conservation status; Distribution; Habitat preferences; Hemideina femorata; Hemideina ricta; New Zealand; Stenopelmatidae; Weta

Indexed keywords

BANKS PENINSULA TREE WETA; CANTERBURY TREE WETA; CONSERVATION STATUS; HABITAT PREFERENCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WETA;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, BANKS PENINSULA;

GASTROPODA; HEMIDEINA FEMORATA; HEMIDEINA RICTA; HOHERIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; KUNZEA ERICOIDES;

EID: 0031425576     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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