Habitat use, behavior and movement patterns of a threatened New Zealand Giant Weta, deinacrida heteracantha (anostostomatidae: Orthoptera)

Journal of Orthoptera Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-135

  Watts, Corinne ^a   Thornburrow, Danny ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

conservation; monitoring tool; radiotracking; wetapunga

Indexed keywords

ANOSTOSTOMATIDAE; AVES; DEINACRIDA; DEINACRIDA PLUVIALIS; HETERACANTHIA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 80052954284     PISSN: 10826467     EISSN: 19372426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1665/034.020.0112     Document Type: Article

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