Can stoat (Mustela erminea) trapping increase bellbird (Anthornis melanura) populations and benefit mistletoe (Peraxilla tetrapetala) pollination?

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-82

  Kelly, Dave ^a   Brindle, Chelsea ^a   Ladley, Jenny J ^a   Robertson, Alastair W ^b   Maddigan, Fraser W ^a   Butler, Jeff ^a   Ward Smith, Tamsin ^a   Murphy, David J ^a   Sessions, Laura A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anthornis melanura; Bellbird; Ecosystem restoration; Mistletoe; Mustela erminea; Peraxilla tetrapetala; Pollination; Predation; Stoat

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; MUSTELID; PREDATOR CONTROL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TRAPPING;

ANTHORNIS MELANURA; AVES; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA ERMINEA; NOTHOFAGUS SOLANDRI; PERAXILLA TETRAPETALA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 18844364929     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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