Movements of translocated captive-bred and released Critically Endangered kaki (black stilts) Himantopus novaezelandiae and the value of long-term post-release monitoring

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Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 639-647

  Van Heezik, Yolanda ^a   Maloney, Richard F ^b   Seddon, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Himantopus novaezelandiae; Kaki; Mobility; Monitoring; Movements; New Zealand; Restoration; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSPECIFIC; ENDANGERED SPECIES; JUVENILE; MOBILITY; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUBPOPULATION; TRANSLOCATION; WADER; WILD POPULATION;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WAITAKI BASIN;

AVES; DIOSPYROS KAKI; HIMANTOPUS NOVAEZELANDIAE;

EID: 74049151074     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605309990081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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