Lessons in ecosystem management from management of threatened and pest loranthaceous mistletoes in New Zealand and Australia

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 759-769

  Norton, David A ^a,b   Reid, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; MISTLETOE; PARASITIC PLANT; PEST MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0031446497     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.95529.x     Document Type: Article

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