Habitat use by three rat species (Rattus spp.) on Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 251-260

  Harper, Grant A ^a   Dickinson, Katharine J M ^a   Seddon, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Habitat use; Norway rat; Pacific rat; Rakiura; Rattus spp.; Ship rat; Stewart Island

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RODENT; VEGETATION TYPE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND; STEWART ISLAND;

EMPODISMA MINUS; LEPTOSPERMUM; LEPTOSPERMUM SCOPARIUM; RAKIURA; RATTUS; RATTUS EXULANS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 29744460523     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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