The diet of the North Island kaka (Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis) on Kapiti Island

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-152

  Moorhouse, Ron J ^a,b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Competition; Diet; Foraging behaviour; Frugivory; Insectivory; Kaka; Nestor meridionalis; Phenology; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

DIET; NORTH ISLAND KAKA;

NEW ZEALAND, KAPITI ISLAND;

ELAEOCARPACEAE; LAURACEAE; NESTOR MERIDIONALIS SEPTENTRIONALIS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0031429892     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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