Response of non-target native birds to mammalian pest control for kokako (Callaeas cinerea) in the Hunua Ranges, New Zealand

Notornis

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 176-182

  Baber, Matt ^a   Brejaart, Ria ^a   Babbitt, Kimberly ^b   Tim, Lovegrove ^c   Ussher, Graham ^c  

^a EcoQuest Education Foundation   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c AUCKLAND COUNCIL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Callaeas cinerea wilsoni; Fantail; Gerygone igata; Grey warbler; Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae; Hunua ranges; Kereru; Kokako; Pest control; Petroica macrocephala; Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae; Rhipidura fuliginosa; Tomtit; Tui

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MAMMAL; NATIVE SPECIES; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PEST CONTROL; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; CALLAEAS CINEREA; CALLAEAS CINEREA WILSONI; GERYGONE IGATA; HEMIPHAGA NOVAESEELANDIAE; MAMMALIA; PETROICA MACROCEPHALA; PROSTHEMADERA NOVAESEELANDIAE; RHIPIDURA FULIGINOSA;

EID: 77952808422     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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