Failure of translocated, captive-bred North Island weka Gallirallus australis greyi to establish a new population

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-204

  Bramley, Gary N ^a,b   Veltman, Clare J ^a,c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; TRANSLOCATION; WEKA;

KARANGAHAKE GORGE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

GALLIRALLUS AUSTRALIS GREYI;

EID: 13144249152     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270900003269     Document Type: Article

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