Successful recovery of North Island kokako Callaeas cinerea wilsoni populations, by adaptive management

Biological Conservation

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 201-214

  Innes, John ^a   Hay, Rod ^b   Flux, Ian ^b   Bradfield, Philip ^b   Speed, Hazel ^b   Jansen, Paul ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Brushtail possum; New Zealand; North Island kokako; Population decline; Predation; Ship rat

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION GROWTH;

NEW ZEALAND;

ALOPIAS; AVES; CALLAEAS; CALLAEAS CINEREA; CALLAEAS CINEREA WILSONI; CALLAEIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; PHALANGERIDAE; RATTUS RATTUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0032888977     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00053-6     Document Type: Article

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