Reducing the risk of extinction of a globally threatened shorebird: Translocations of the shore plover (Thinornis novaeseelandiae), 1990-2012

Notornis

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-84

  Dowding, John E ^a   O'Connor, Shaun M ^b  

^a DM Consultants   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Avian pox; Captive breeding; Chatham Islands; New Zealand; Predation; Shore plover; Species recovery; Thinornis novaeseelandiae; Threatened species; Translocation

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CAPTIVE POPULATION; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; MAMMAL; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; ORNITHOLOGY; PREDATION; RECOVERY PLAN; TRANSLOCATION; VIRAL DISEASE; WADER;

CHATHAM ISLANDS; MANGERE ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84877744212     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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