Wakatipu white-tailed deer carcass survey following 'Battle for our Birds', Department of Conservation aerial poisoning operation, August 2014

McBrearty, Kaylyn

Abstract

Intensive ground-based searches for white-tailed deer carcasses in the Dart Valley/Routeburn catchments following the aerial application of 1080 cereal pellets, August 2014, intended to extend protection to mohua by preventing a rodent plague by specifically targeting rat and stoat populations following a beech mast event. This search was conducted in collaboration with the Department of Conservation (DoC), New Zealand Deerstalkers Association (NZDA), Landcare Research and volunteers from the public.

Keywords

Wakatipu white-tailed deer; 1080; Aerial poisoning; Department of Conservation

Fields of Research

050103 Invasive Species Ecology; 0502 Environmental Science and Management

Date

2015-11

Type

Report (Commissioned Report)