Recovery of a Mohua (Mohoua ochrocephala) population following predator control in the Eglinton Valley, Fiordland, New Zealand

Notornis

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 323-332

  Dilks, Peter ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hole nesting; Mohoua ochrocephala; Mohua; Mustela erminea predation; Stoat; Yellowhead

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; PASSERINE; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATOR;

NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; MOHOUA OCHROCEPHALA; MUSTELA ERMINEA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0033369562     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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