Birds and small mammals in kanuka (Kunzea ericoides) and gorse (Ulex europaeus) scrub and the resulting seed rain and seedling dynamics

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-41

  Williams, Peter A ^a   Karl, Brian J ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adventive birds; Endemic birds; Exotic species; Kunzea ericoides; Seed fall; Seedling dynamics; Succession; Ulex europaeus; Weeds

Indexed keywords

BIRD; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SMALL MAMMAL; ZOOCHORY;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANTHORNIS MELANURA; CALLIPEPLA CALIFORNICA; COPROSMA; CYATHODES JUNIPERINA; GERYGONE IGATA; KUNZEA ERICOIDES; MOHOUA NOVAESEELANDIAE; MUS DOMESTICUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RHIPIDURA FULIGINOSA; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; ULEX EUROPAEUS; ZOSTEROPS LATERALIS;

EID: 0036320368     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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