The impact of predation by introduced stoats on Hutton's shearwaters, New Zealand

Biological Conservation

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-92

  Cuthbert, Richard ^a,b   Davis, Lloyd S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Beacon Ecology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Introduced predators; Mustela erminea; New Zealand; Population model; Puffinus huttoni; Shearwaters; Stoats

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION MODELING; PREDATION; SEABIRD;

NEW ZEALAND;

CICONIIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; MUSTELA; MUSTELA ERMINEA; PUFFINUS; PUFFINUS HUTTONI;

EID: 0036832862     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00092-7     Document Type: Article

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