Invasive mammals and habitat modification interact to generate unforeseen outcomes for indigenous fauna

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1707-1721

  Norbury, Grant ^a   Byrom, Andrea ^b   Pech, Roger ^b,c   Smith, James ^a   Clarke, Dean ^d   Anderson, Dean ^b   Forrester, Guy ^b  

^a Wildlife Ecology and Management Team   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dryland ecosystems; Ecological release; Ecosystem restoration; Invasive mammals; Land retirement; Land use intensification; Landscape supplementation; Mesopredator release; New Zealand; Pest control; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FELID; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INSECTIVORE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAGOMORPH; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; LIZARD; MUSTELID; PASTURE; PERSISTENCE; PEST CONTROL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RODENT; SEED PRODUCTION; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIZARD; MAMMAL; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIZARDS; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84886564380     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1958.1     Document Type: Article

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