Estimating abundance, age structure and sex ratio of a recently discovered New Zealand tusked weta Motuweta riparia (Orthoptera, Anostostomatidae), using mark-recapture analysis

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 229-235

  McCartney, Jay ^a   Armstrong, Doug P ^a   Gwynne, Darryl T ^b   Kelly, Clint D ^b   Barker, Richard J ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Age structure; Density; Invertebrate conservation; Mark recapture analysis; New Zealand; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; AGE STRUCTURE; INSECT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX RATIO;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; ANOSTOSTOMATIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 33746894118     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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