Survivorship in two populations of long‐tailed bats (Chalinolobus tuberculatus) in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-95

  Pryde, Moira A ^a   Lettink, Marieke ^a,b   O'Donnell, Colin F J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bats; Chalinolobus tuberculatus; Chiroptera; Conservation; Long tailed bat; Mark recapture; Population viability analysis; Survival

Indexed keywords

BAT; EXTINCTION; HABITAT LOSS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVORSHIP; VIABILITY;

ARIZONA; AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; FIORDLAND; GRAND CANYON; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH ISLAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND; UNITED STATES;

CHALINOLOBUS TUBERCULATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33746483973     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2006.9518433     Document Type: Article

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