Distribution and response of rats Rattus rattus, R. exulans to seedfall in New Zealand beech forests

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-155

  King, Carolyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conservation; Habitat preferences; Mustela erminea; Nothofagus forest; Population structure; Predator control; R. Exulans; R. Norvegicus; Rattus rattus; Reproduction; Seedfall

Indexed keywords

BEECH; FOREST; HABITAT PREFERENCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR CONTROL; RAT; SEEDFALL;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, FIORDLAND NATIONAL PARK;

FAGACEAE; MUSTELA ERMINEA; NOTHOFAGUS FUSCA; NOTHOFAGUS MENZIESII; RATTUS EXULANS; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 0031463043     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc970143     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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4. Brown, K. P., Moller, H., Innes, J. G. and Alterio, N. J., 1996. Calibration of tunnel tracking rates to estimate relative abundance of ship rats (Rattus rattus) and mice (Mus musculus) in a New Zealand forest. N.Z. J. Ecol. 20: 271-75.