Demography of takahe (Porphyrio hochstetteri) in fiordland: Environmental factors and management affect survival and breeding success

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-89

  Hegg, Danilo ^a   Greaves, Glen ^b   Maxwell, Jane M ^b   Mackenzie, Darryl I ^c   Jamieson, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^c Proteus Wildlife Research Consultants   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Captive rearing; Mark recapture; Nest manipulation; New zealand; Predator control

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CAPTIVE BREEDING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLIGHTLESSNESS; ISLAND; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NEST STRUCTURE; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATOR CONTROL; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

FIORDLAND; MURCHISON MOUNTAINS; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

EID: 83755188346     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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