Which factors limited stitchbird population growth on Mokoia Island?

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-271

  Low, Matthew ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boobook owl; Conservation; Monitoring; Predation; Reintroduction; Translocation; Wildlife health

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGAL DISEASE; LIMITING FACTOR; PASSERINE; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION; RAPTOR; REINTRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; TRANSLOCATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BAY OF PLENTY; MOKOIA ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; NINOX NOVAESEELANDIAE; NOTIOMYSTIS CINCTA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 77953048556     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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