Introduced birds as model systems for the conservation of endangered native birds

Auk

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 949-957

  Briskie, James V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES;

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EID: 33750487184     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[949:IBAMSF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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