Estimating population density and habitat selection of rats (Rattus spp.) and abundance of birds on the Otago Peninsula

• Main Author: Nordmeier, Thomas Alexander Karl Heinz
• Other Authors: van Heezik, Yolanda, Seddon, Philip
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Otago 2020
• Subjects: New Zealand; Rattus; Rat; Rattus rattus; Otago Peninsula; Predator; 5 Minute bird count; 5MBC; Hair snag tube; Hair trap; spatially explicit capture recapture; DISTANCE software; Leith; Snag
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/10384

The introduction of rats (Rattus spp.) and conversion of native forest and scrub have had a devastating effect on the biodiversity of New Zealand’s fauna and flora, threatening many native bird species with extinction. The Otago Peninsula is an area of land characterised by its fragmented landscape...