Survival of adult mountain stone weta Hemideina maori (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) along an altitude gradient as determined by mark-recapture

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-61

  Joyce, Shelley J ^a   Jamieson, Ian G ^a   Barker, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Altitude; Body size; Mark recapture; Survival; Weta

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BODY SIZE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; ANOSTOSTOMATIDAE; HEMIDEINA; HEMIDEINA MAORI; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 4344609334     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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