The home range of ship rats (Rattus rattus) in beech forest in the Eglinton Valley, Fiordland, New Zealand: A pilot study

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 139-142

  Pryde, Moira ^a   Dilks, Peter ^a   Fraser, Ian ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^b Australasian Regional Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria (ARAZPA)   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Home range; Radio tracking; Rattus rattus; Ship rat; Trapping

Indexed keywords

HOME RANGE; RADIOTELEMETRY; RODENT;

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

ANIMALIA; AVES; FAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 27144529132     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2005.9518406     Document Type: Article

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