Disperser communities and legacies of goat grazing determine forest succession on the remote Three Kings Islands, New Zealand

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 926-938

  Bellingham, P J ^a   Wiser, S K ^a   Wright, A E ^b   Cameron, E K ^c   Forester, L J ^d  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

^c AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carex sward; Dispersal limitation; Goat eradication; Kunzea ericoides; Pigeon; Seed size

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; DISPERSAL; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAMEBIRD; GRAZING; ISLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED SIZE; SUCCESSION; UNGULATE; WOODY PLANT;

CANADA; GREAT ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH ISLAND; NORTHLAND; THREE KINGS ISLANDS;

AVES; CAPRA HIRCUS; CAREX; COLUMBA; HEMIPHAGA NOVAESEELANDIAE; KUNZEA; KUNZEA ERICOIDES; MANAWA;

EID: 77649236476     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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