Identifying predators at nests of small birds in a New Zealand forest

Ibis

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 274-279

  Brown, K P ^a,d   Moller, H ^a   Innes, J ^b   Jansen, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^d Ecosystems Consultants   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRODUCED PREDATOR; PREDATOR; RURU; SHIP RAT; VIDEO;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

NINOX NOVAESEELANDIAE; PETROICA AUSTRALIS; PETROICA MACROCEPHALA; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 0031942228     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1998.tb04389.x     Document Type: Article

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