Raising the prospects for a forgotten fauna: A review of 10 years of conservation effort for New Zealand reptiles

Biological Conservation

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-16

  Towns, David R ^a   Daugherty, Charles H ^b   Cree, Alison ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cyclodina; Geckos; Hoplodactylus; Oligosoma; Predation; Reptiles; Restoration; Skinks; Sphenodon; Tuatara

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; LIZARD; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

CYCLODINA; HOPLODACTYLUS; NAULTINUS; OLIGOSOMA;

EID: 0035036431     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00184-1     Document Type: Short Survey

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