Effects of secondary shrublands on bird, lizard and invertebrate faunas in a dryland landscape

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 242-256

  Walker, Susan ^a   Wilson, Deborah J ^a   Norbury, Grant ^b   Monks, Adrian ^a   Tanentzap, Andrew J ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Wildlife Ecology and Management Team   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Falco novaeseelandiae; Oligosoma maccanni; Oligosoma polychroma; Petroica macrocephala; Rhipidura fuliginosa; Secondary succession; Taxonomic complementarity; Woodworthia "Central Otago"; Woody vegetation; Zosterops lateralis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904470587     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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