Modelling the distribution of stoats on New Zealand offshore Islands

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-47

  Veale, Andrew J ^a   Hannaford, Oliver D ^b   Russell, James C ^a   Clout, Mick N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Invasion; Invasive species; Logistic model; Mustela erminea; Risk profile

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; LINEARITY; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MUSTELID; PREDATOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 83755188381     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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