Effectiveness of management on the breeding success of Chatham Island oystercatchers (Haematopus chathamensis)

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 431-446

  Moore, Peter J ^a   reid, Clio ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chatham Island oystercatcher; Conservation management; Haematopus chathamensis; Nest survival; Video monitoring

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INCUBATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; VIDEOGRAPHY; WADER;

CHATHAM ISLAND; CHATHAM ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND;

FELIS CATUS; GALLIRALLUS AUSTRALIS; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS; LARUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE SCOPULINUS; LARUS SCOPULINUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 75449110978     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2009.9651476     Document Type: Article

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