Patterns of mortality for each life-history stage in a population of the endangered New Zealand stitchbird

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 761-771

  Low, Matthew ^a   Pärt, Tomas ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Inbreeding; Mark recapture; Nest box; Temperature dependent mortality; Translocation

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLEDGING; HATCHING DATE; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; NEST BOX; PASSERINE; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION DECLINE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; INBREEDING; LONGEVITY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; INBREEDING; LONGEVITY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

NOTIOMYSTIS CINCTA;

EID: 66749179931     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01543.x     Document Type: Article

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