Quantifying the benefits of long-term integrated pest control for forest bird populations in a New Zealand temperate rainforest

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  O'Donnell, Colin F J ^a   Hoare, Joanne M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

1080; Browsers; Mast; Mohoua; Nestor; Nothofagus; Poisoning; Population indicator species; Predators; Trapping

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIRD; BROWSING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; POISONING; PREDATOR CONTROL; RAINFOREST; RECOVERY PLAN; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; RESOURCE USE; RODENT; TEMPERATE FOREST; TRAPPING; VIABILITY; VULNERABILITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

ACANTHIS FLAMMEA; ACANTHISITTA CHLORIS; ANTHORNIS MELANURA; AVES; CARDUELIS FLAMMEA; CERTHIA AMERICANA; CYANORAMPHUS AURICEPS; GERYGONE IGATA; MAMMALIA; MOHOUA; MOHOUA NOVAESEELANDIAE; MOHOUA OCHROCEPHALA; MUSTELIDAE; NESTOR; NESTOR MERIDIONALIS; NOTHOFAGUS; PHALANGERIDAE; PROSTHEMADERA NOVAESEELANDIAE; PSITTACIDAE; RATTUS; RHIPIDURA FULIGINOSA; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; TURDUS PHILOMELOS;

EID: 84860733231     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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