Where have all the weta gone? Results after two decades of transferring a threatened New Zealand giant weta, Deinacrida mahoenui

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 287-295

  Watts, Corinne ^a   Thornburrow, Danny ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conservation; Monitoring; Orthoptera; Predation; Rats; Translocation

Indexed keywords

POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PREDATION RISK; RODENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSLOCATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ANOSTOSTOMATIDAE; DEINACRIDA; DEINACRIDA PLUVIALIS; MAMMALIA; ORTHOPTERA; RATTUS; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 67349248114     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-008-9170-5     Document Type: Article

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