Response of a reintroduced bird population to a rat reinvasion and eradication

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Masuda, Bryce M ^a   Jamieson, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brodifacoum; Invasion; Islands; New Zealand; Poison operation; Robin; Survival; Ulva Island

Indexed keywords

BAIT; BIRD; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; LOCAL EXTINCTION; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REINTRODUCTION; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; PETROICA AUSTRALIS; RAKIURA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; ULVA;

EID: 84876115213     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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