Habitat selection in reintroduced bird populations: A case study of Stewart Island robins and South Island saddlebacks on Ulva Island

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-246

  Michel, Pascale ^a,b   Dickinson, Katharine J M ^b   Barratt, Barbara I P ^b,c   Jamieson, Ian G ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Food availability; Habitat selection; Nest characteristics; Territory establishment; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GENE TRANSFER; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEST STRUCTURE; PASSERINE; POPULATION GROWTH; REINTRODUCTION; TRANSLOCATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND; ULVA ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CREADION CARUNCULATUS; INVERTEBRATA; PETROICA AUSTRALIS; RAKIURA; ULVA;

EID: 77953070244     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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