Diet of mammalian predators in braided river beds in the central South Island, New Zealand

Wildlife Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 631-638

  Murphy, Elaine C ^a   Keedwell, Rachel J ^b   Brown, Kerry P ^a   Westbrooke, Ian ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BRAIDED RIVER; DIET; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MAMMAL;

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

AVES; CATUS; FELIS CATUS; INVERTEBRATA; LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA ERMINEA; MUSTELA FURO; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 13844280506     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR03033     Document Type: Article

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