Feral horse demography and population growth in the Kaimanawa Ranges, New Zealand

Wildlife Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-128

  Linklater, Wayne L ^a,b   Cameron, Elissa Z ^a,c,d   Minot, Ed O ^a   Stafford, Kevin J ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FERAL ORGANISM; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING;

AUSTRALASIA; KAIMANAWA MOUNTAINS; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 2942711616     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR02067     Document Type: Article

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