Relative importance of sugar resources to endemic gecko populations in an isolated island ecosystem

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Evans, Annette E ^a   Towns, David R ^b,c   Beggs, Jacqueline R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coelostomidia zealandica; Common gecko; Duvaucel s gecko; Flowers; Honeydew; Hoplodactylus duvaucelii; Island food webs; Korapuki Island; Nectar; Woodworthia maculatus

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLOWER; FOOD WEB; HONEYDEW; INSECT; ISLAND; LIZARD; NECTAR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

KORAPUKI ISLAND; MERCURY ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO;

CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HOPLODACTYLUS DUVAUCELII; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; METROSIDEROS EXCELSA; MYOPORUM LAETUM; PHORMIUM TENAX; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84928784764     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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