Tracking tunnels: A novel method for detecting a threatened New Zealand giant weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae)

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-97

  Watts, Corinne H ^a   Thornburrow, Danny ^a   Green, Chris J ^b   Agnew, Warren R ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Deinacrida heteracantha; Habitat use; Monitoring tool; Wetapunga

Indexed keywords

BAIT; BIOMONITORING; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; HABITAT USE; INSECT; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRACKING;

ANOSTOSTOMATIDAE; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; DEINACRIDA; DEINACRIDA PLUVIALIS; HEMIDEINA; HETERACANTHIA; INVERTEBRATA; ORTHOPTERA; RODENTIA;

EID: 46849093154     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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