Interspecific and seasonal dietary differences of Himalayan thar, chamois and brushtail possums in the central Southern Alps, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-56

  Parkes, John P ^a   Forsyth, David M ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Hemitragus jemlahicus; Himalayan tahr; Horn's Index; Niche overlap; Rupicapra rupicapra; Trichosurus vulpecula; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIET; GOAT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MARSUPIAL;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

CHIONOCHLOA; HEMITRAGUS JEMLAHICUS; MUEHLENBECKIA AXILLARIS; PHALANGERIDAE; POACEAE; PODOCARPUS NIVALIS; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS; RUPICAPRA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; UNGULATA;

EID: 46849096249     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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