The challenge of supplementary feeding: Can geometric analysis help save the kakapo?

Notornis

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 100-111

  Raubenheimer, David ^a   Simpson, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geometric models; Kakapo; Nutrient balance; Regulatory interactions; Strigops habroptilus

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

DACRYDIUM CUPRESSINUM; STRIGOPS HABROPTILUS;

EID: 33645751930     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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