Declines in common, widespread native birds in a mature temperate forest

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2119-2126

  Elliott, Graeme P ^a   Wilson, Peter R ^b   Taylor, Rowley H ^b   Beggs, Jacqueline R ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Introduced species; Invasives; Population trends; Possums; Predation; Vespula wasps

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MUSTELID; NATIONAL PARK; NATIVE SPECIES; NEW SPECIES; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; RODENT; TEMPERATE FOREST; WASP;

NELSON LAKES NATIONAL PARK; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; TASMAN;

AVES; CYANORAMPHUS AURICEPS; PETROICA AUSTRALIS; PHALANGERIDAE; PSITTACIDAE; RATTUS; VESPULA;

EID: 77955096403     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.05.022     Document Type: Article

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