Habitat selection by South Island saddlebacks and Stewart Island robins reintroduced to Ulva Island

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-229

  Steffens, Kate E ^a,b   Seddon, Philip J ^a   Mathieu, Renaud ^a   Jamieson, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ecological traps; Habitat preference; Habitat requirements; Reintroduction; Source sink

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; PASSERINE; REINTRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BRYOPHYTA; CREADION CARUNCULATUS; PETROICA AUSTRALIS; RAKIURA; ULVA;

EID: 29744453553     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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