Changes in abundance and distribution of the rock wren {Xenicus gilviventris) in the South Island, New Zealand

Notornis

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 71-78

  Michelsen Heath, Sue ^a   Gaze, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abundance; Acanthisittidae; Distribution; Rock wren; Trends; Xenicus gilviventris

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EXTINCTION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATION; SONGBIRD;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

ACANTHISITTIDAE; AVES; MUS; SALPINCTES; XENICUS GILVIVENTRIS;

EID: 45449083680     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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