The interactive effects of livestock exclusion and mammalian pest control on the restoration of invertebrate communities in small forest remnants

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-163

  Didham, Raphael ^a   Barker, Garym ^b   Costall, Jessica ^c   Denmead, Lisah ^a   Floyd, Christopher ^b   Watts, Corinne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Berlese funnel; Conservation management; Edge effects; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat restoration; Leaf litter invertebrates; Patch area; Pest control; Species invasion; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION; EDGE EFFECT; EQUATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF LITTER; LIVESTOCK; MAMMAL; PEST CONTROL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO;

COLEOPTERA; DIPLOPODA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 70249138028     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014220909510148     Document Type: Article

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