Removal of introduced predators, but not artificial refuge supplementation, increases skink survival in coastal duneland

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-77

  Lettink, Marieke ^a   Norbury, Grant ^b   Cree, Alison ^a   Seddon, Philip J ^a   Duncan, Richard P ^c   Schwarz, Carl J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Wildlife Ecology and Management Team   (New Zealand)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial retreats; BACI; Capture recapture; Habitat manipulation; Oligosoma maccanni; Predator control

Indexed keywords

DUNE FIELD; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIZARD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PITFALL TRAP; PREDATOR CONTROL; REFUGE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

OLIGOSOMA MACCANNI;

EID: 71649102953     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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