Browse on mahoe and kamahi leaf-fall as a trigger for possum control

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 311-320

  Forsyth, David M ^a,b   Parkes, John P ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Browse; Herbivory; Insects; Kamahi; Litterfall; Mahoe; Possum control; Possums; Sampling; Whirinaki

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; HERBIVORY; MARSUPIAL; PEST CONTROL; TREE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

HEXAPODA; HIBISCUS TILIACEUS; INSECTA; MELICYTUS RAMIFLORUS; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; WEINMANNIA RACEMOSA;

EID: 29744441917     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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