The land bird fauna of Stephens Island, New Zealand in the early 1890s, and the cause of its demise

Notornis

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 201-211

  Medway, David G ^a  

^a NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cat predation; Extirpations; Forest reduction; Land birds; Philesturnus c. carunculatus; South Island saddleback; Stephens Island; Stephens Island piopio; Turnagra capensis minor

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; EXTINCTION; FELID; PASSERINE; PREDATION;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MARLBOROUGH; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; STEPHENS ISLAND; WORLD;

AVES; CATUS; CREADION CARUNCULATUS; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; PHILESTURNUS; TURNAGRA CAPENSIS;

EID: 11344252290     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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