Decline in capture rate of stoats at high mouse densities in New Zealand Nothofagus forests

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 251-258

  King, C M ^a   White, Piran C L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beech forests; Capture rate; Conservation of birds; Mouse density; Mustela erminea; Population irruptions; Predator control; Seedfall

Indexed keywords

MUSTELID; POPULATION OUTBREAK; PREDATOR CONTROL; PREY AVAILABILITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RODENT; TRAPPING;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; FIORDLAND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND; WORLD;

AVES; FAGUS; MUSTELA ERMINEA; NOTHOFAGUS;

EID: 11844264893     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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