Bird and rat numbers on little barrier island, new zealand, over the period of cat eradication 1976–80

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-29

  Girardet, S A B ^a,c   Veitch, C R ^b,c   Craig, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Internal Affairs   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bird counts; Cat eradication; Little barrier island; Rat index

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RODENT;

NEW ZEALAND;

FELIS CATUS; RATTUS EXULANS;

EID: 0035036716     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2001.9518253     Document Type: Article

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