Erin Island Reference Source / South Island Saddleback (tieke)

Source Population: What's This?
Wild
Capture Site Name: What's This?
Breaksea Island
Capture Location:
Fiordland, New Zealand
Capture Site Latitude: What's This?
45°34 S
Capture Site Longitude: What's This?
166° 37 E
Capture Site Population: What's This?
Not Located Reference Source
Capture Site Population Year: What's This?
Not Located Reference Source
Capture Method: What's This?
Mist Net
Reference Source
Number Captured: What's This?
46
Percentage Captured: What's This?
Not Located
Transport Method: What's This?
Helicopter
Reference Source
Transport Timespan (in hours): What's This?
0.50 Reference Source
Number Dead in Transport: What's This?
0 Reference Source
Percentage Dead in Transport: What's This?
0.00% Reference Source
Notes: What's This?
NOTE: project has 2 objectives: to assess the value of predator-controlled inshore islands for translocation of species normally vulnerable to introduced predators & 2) determine short & long term effects of inbreeding in small island populations. DEAD IN TRANSPORT: none died in transport, but 8 died after capture.
Data submitted by: What's This?
Jade McGill