Large scale stoat control to protect mohua (Mohoua ochrocephala) and kaka (Nestor meridionalis) in the Eglinton Valley, Fiordland, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-9

  Dilks, Peter ^a   Willans, Murray ^a   Pryde, Moira ^a   Fraser, Ian ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breeding success; Kaka; Mohua; Mustela erminea; Predator control; Stoat trapping

Indexed keywords

INTRODUCED SPECIES; PREDATOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; TRAPPING;

NEW ZEALAND;

FAGUS; MOHOUA OCHROCEPHALA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA ERMINEA; NESTOR; NESTOR MERIDIONALIS;

EID: 0037931998     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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