Responses of New Zealand forest birds to management of introduced mammals

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Responses of New Zealand forest birds to management of introduced mammals

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Over the past 1000 years New Zealand has lost 40–50% of its bird species, and over half of these extinctions are attributable to predation by introduced mammals. Populations of many extant forest bird species continue to be depredated by mammals, especially rats, possums, and mustelids. The management history of New Zealand's forests over the past 50 years presents a unique opportunity because a varied program of mammalian predator control has created a replicated management experiment. We co...

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31 Aug, 2021

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N Fea / W Linklater / Stephen Hartley

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bird populations / body size / cavity nesting / ecosystem management / endemism / invasive / mammalian predator / native biodiversity / predator control / threatened species / Bird populations / Animals / Mammals / Rats / Predatory Behavior / Conservation of Natural Resources / New Zealand / Forests / Environmental Sciences / Biological Sciences / Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences / Ecology / Uncategorized

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