Identification of predators at black-fronted tern chlidonias albostriatus nests, using mtDNA analysis and digital video recorders

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-55

  Steffens, Kate E ^a   Sanders, Mark D ^b   Gleeson, Dianne M ^c   Pullen, Kiri M ^d   Stowe, Christopher J ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^b BOFFA MISKELL LTD   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d Urtica Inc Ecological Monitoring and Consultancy   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

New zealand; Predator saliva; Wairau river

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED RIVER; DIGITAL IMAGE; EGG; FELID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MUSTELID; NEST; NEST PREDATION; OMNIVORY; PREDATOR; RIVER BED; RODENT; SEABIRD; VIDEOGRAPHY; WADER; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

MARLBOROUGH; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WAIRAU RIVER;

EID: 83755163977     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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