The relationship between foraging behaviour and habitat use by South Island takahe (Porphyrio hochstetteri) on Tiritiri Matangi Island

Notornis

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 59-66

  Baber, M J ^a   Craig, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Foraging behaviour; Habitat use; Porphyrio hochstetteri; South Island takahe; Tiritiri Matangi Island

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRASS; HABITAT USE; PREDATION RISK; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRUB;

NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; CIRCUS; CIRCUS APPROXIMANS; GALLUS GALLUS; INVERTEBRATA; POACEAE; PORPHYRIO; PORPHYRIO MANTELLI;

EID: 0042532331     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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