Effect of pest–management operations on the abundance and size–frequency distribution of the New Zealand endemic frog Leiopelma hochstetteri

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 389-400

  Nájera–Hillman, Eduardo ^a   King, Peter ^b   Baird, Andrea C ^a   Breen, Barbara B ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b La Trobe Mainland Island Restoration Project   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Exotic species; Frog abundance; Frog habitat; Leiopelma hochstetteri; New Zealand;

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MAMMAL; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; LEIOPELMA HOCHSTETTERI; MAMMALIA; RANIDAE; RATTUS;

EID: 75449106810     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2009.9651471     Document Type: Article

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