Mortality of northern New Zealand dotterels (Charadrius obscurus aquilonius) following an aerial poisoning operation

Notornis

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-239

  Dowding, John E ^a   Lovegrove, Tim G ^b   Ritchie, Jo ^c   Kast, Sharon N ^c   Puckett, Maurice ^d  

^a DM Consultants   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND COUNCIL   (New Zealand)

^c Natural Logic Ltd ^*  (New Zealand)

^d Tawharanui Regional Park   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brodifacoum; Charadrius obscurus; New Zealand dotterel; Sandhoppers; Secondary poisoning; Talorchestia; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COASTAL ZONE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; MIGRATION ROUTE; MORTALITY; SEABIRD;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CHARADRIUS OBSCURUS; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS UNICOLOR; HIMANTOPUS HIMANTOPUS; HOPLOPTERUS SPINOSUS; TALORCHESTIA; VANELLUS MILES NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33747068518     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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