New Zealand island restoration: Seabirds, predators, and the importance of history

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-136

  Bellingham, Peter J ^a   Towns, David R ^b   Cameron, Ewen K ^c   Davis, Joe J ^d   Wardle, David A ^a,e   Wilmshurst, Janet M ^a   Mulder, Christa P H ^f  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^c AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

^d Ngati Hei Trust ^*  (New Zealand)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural ecology; Biological invasion; Ecosystem function; Eradication; Flora; Matauranga maori; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Pollen; Rat; Seabird; Shearwater; Succession; Translocation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMISM; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; POLLEN; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RODENT; SEABIRD; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SUCCESSION; TRANSLOCATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CAPRA HIRCUS; MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 77649234662     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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