EDITOR'S CHOICE: Saving the hihi under climate change: A case for assisted colonization

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1330-1340

  Chauvenet, Aliénor L M ^a,b   Ewen, John G ^a   Armstrong, Doug ^c   Pettorelli, Nathalie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Assisted migration; Conservation; Habitat suitability modelling; Managed relocation; Notiomystis cincta; Population dynamics modelling; Reintroduction; Stitchbird; Translocation; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; REINTRODUCTION; SITE SELECTION; TRANSLOCATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUCKLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TIRITIRI MATANGI ISLAND;

AVES; NOTIOMYSTIS CINCTA;

EID: 84887609831     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12150     Document Type: Article

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