Nest predation in New Zealand songbirds: Exotic predators, introduced prey and long-term changes in predation risk

Biological Conservation

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-60

  RemeŠ, Vladimír ^a   Matysioková, Beata ^a   Cockburn, Andrew ^b  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exotic predators; Extinction; Introductions; Nest predation; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; HABITAT TYPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MAMMAL; META-ANALYSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; NEST PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR CONTROL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SONGBIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EUROPE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA; PASSERI;

EID: 84858152045     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.01.063     Document Type: Article

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