Impacts of introduced deer and extinct moa on New Zealand ecosystems

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-65

  Forsyth, David M ^a   Wilmshurst, Janet M ^b   Allen, Robert B ^b   Coomes, David A ^c  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; Browsing; Carbon; Exclosures; Forest; Grazing; Moa gap; Pollen; Population dynamics; Red deer; Seed dispersal; Trampling; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; BIRD; BROWSING; DEER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRAZING; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY; SEED DISPERSAL; TRAMPLING; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

FIORDLAND; MURCHISON MOUNTAINS; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; PALAEOGNATHAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 77949290998     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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