Swimming capabilities of stoats and the threat to inshore sanctuaries

Biological Invasions

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 987-995

  King, Carolyn M ^a   Veale, Andrew ^b   Patty, Bruce ^a   Hayward, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Invasion risk; Island sanctuaries; Mustela erminea; Stoat; Swimming

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CARNIVORE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MUSTELID; NATURE RESERVE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PEST SPECIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWIMMING;

AUCKLAND; KAPITI ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; RANGITOTO; WELLINGTON [NORTH ISLAND];

EID: 84897508221     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-013-0564-2     Document Type: Article

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