When it masts, the increased abundance of seed leads to much higher rodent and stoat numbers. These introduced pests prey on endangered birds.
What is a mast? You might be forgiven for thinking it had more to do with ships than conservation!
Predation from invasive mammals poses the single largest threat for the viability of native species in New Zealand, including many ...
New Zealand native birds have been greatly affected by predation. For millions of years, they lived in an environment without ...
Scientists used ‘fake news’ to stop predators killing endangered shorebirds — and the result was remarkable.
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