Species-specific responses by ground-nesting Charadriiformes to invasive predators and river flows in the braided Tasman River of New Zealand

Biological Conservation

Volumn 167, Issue , 2013, Pages 363-370

  Cruz, Jennyffer ^a   Pech, Roger P ^a,b   Seddon, Philip J ^c   Cleland, Simone ^d   Nelson, Dean ^d   Sanders, Mark D ^e   Maloney, Richard F ^d  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^e Sanders Consulting Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Indicator species; Plover; Stilt; Survival; Tern; Wrybill

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOINDICATOR; BIRD; BRAIDED RIVER; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FLOODING; HATCHING; INVASIVE SPECIES; MAMMAL; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RIVER FLOW; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; SYMPATRY; TRADE-OFF;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; TASMAN RIVER;

EID: 84884709413     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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