Extinction and endemism in the New Zealand avifauna

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 509-517

  Duncan, Richard P ^a,b   Blackburn, Tim M ^c  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avifauna; Birds; Endemic species; Extinction; Human impacts; Islands; New Zealand; Predation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AVIFAUNA; ENDEMISM; EXTINCTION; LIFE HISTORY; PREDATION; BREEDING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXTINCTION RISK; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; HABITAT LOSS; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PREDATOR;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD; NORTH ISLAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

AVES;

EID: 8644223252     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2004.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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