Translocation of hihi notiomystis cincta to maungatautari, a mainland reserve protected by a predator-exclusion fence, waikato, New Zealand

Conservation Evidence

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages 58-65

  Ewen, John G ^a   Parker, Kevin A ^b   Richardson, Kate ^a,c   Armstrong, Doug ^c   Smuts Kennedy, Chris ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; NOTIOMYSTIS CINCTA;

EID: 79960804640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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