Effects of rat‐poisoning operations on abundance and diet of mustelids in New Zealand podocarp forests

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 315-328

  Murphy, Elaine C ^a   Clapperton, B Kay ^b   Bradfield, Philip M F ^a   Speed, Hazel J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^b Te Kuiti Field Centre ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diet; Functional response; Mustela erminea; Mustela furo; Mustela nivalis; Mustelid; Numerical response; Poison; Rat; Stoat

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; DIET; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; PEST CONTROL; RODENT;

NEW ZEALAND;

MUSTELA ERMINEA; MUSTELA FURO; MUSTELA NIVALIS;

EID: 0032470220     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1998.9518161     Document Type: Article

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