Mortality and behaviour of hihi, an endangered New Zealand honeyeater, in the establishment phase following translocation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 329-339

  Armstrong, Doug P ^a   Castro, Isabel ^a   Alley, Julienne C ^b   Feenstra, Bjarke ^c   Perrott, John K ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Hihi; Mortality; Reintroduction; Stitchbird; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; TRANSLOCATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA; MOHO BRACCATUS; NOTIOMYSTIS CINCTA;

EID: 0032951995     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00012-9     Document Type: Article

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