Lagomorph abundance around yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) colonies, South Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-70

  Moller, H ^a   Keedwell, R ^a,b   Ratz, H ^a   Bruce, L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HARE; PREDATION; RABBIT; YELLOW-EYED PENGUIN;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND;

LEPUS EUROPAEUS; MEGADYPTES ANTIPODES; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031665117     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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