Observed responses of captive stoats (Mustela erminea) to nest boxes and metal collars used to protect kaka (Nestor meridionalis) nest cavities

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-145

  Greene, Terry C ^a   Jones, Alan ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Kaka; Metal collar; Nest box; Nestor meridionalis; Parrot; Predation; Stoat

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; NESTING; PREDATOR CONTROL; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; MUSTELA; MUSTELA ERMINEA; NESTOR; NESTOR MERIDIONALIS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 1142281714     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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