Dramatic increases in weta (orthoptera) following mammal eradication on maungatautari - evidence from pitfalls and tracking tunnels

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Watts, Corinne H ^a   Armstrong, Doug P ^b   Innes, John ^a   Thornburrow, Danny ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Artificial weta roosts; Conservation; Predation

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOTPRINT; INSECT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; JUVENILE; MAMMAL; PEST CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PITFALL TRAP; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEX RATIO; SHRUB; TUNNEL;

NEW ZEALAND;

HEMIDEINA THORACICA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; ORTHOPTERA; THORACICA;

EID: 79959455126     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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