Educational resources on Kiore

Kiore or Hippocampus abdominalis is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to A2d. IUCN Profile of the Kiore

Academic web links for the Kiore.

Earlham -- Biological Diversity -- Tuataras rock!!: Tuatara foraging. Photo courtesy of Big Jude. Kiore, an animal pest repsonsible
http://www.earlham.edu/~quinnme/tuataras_rock.htm id=spl-1

Prior to human habitation of New Zealand, the kakapo population ...: Along with the new competition for space, the kakapo population was also affected
http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~m4w02/proj/atsaKAKAPO.htm id=spl-2

Kakapo Models: In addition, the new intruders brought the Polynesian rat, 'kiore', which fed off
http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~m4w02/proj/kakapo.html id=spl-3

Faculty: Island Press, 2002, 35(2) Prairie Naturalist 121-23 (June 2003). “Conservation and
http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/Law/LAWFAC&Staff/donahue.htm id=spl-5

Flea News 46: Roberts, M. Parasitological evidence for the presence of other rodent
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/fleanews/fleanews46.html id=spl-6

RASP: Islands off the coast of New Zealand have experienced several waves of invasion
http://www.iab.uaf.edu/~christa_mulder/RASP%20webpage.htm id=spl-7

Balanophoraceae references: The limitations of using kiore (Rattus exulans) diet-sampling to determine woodrose
http://www.science.siu.edu/parasitic-plants/Balanophoraceae/references.html id=spl-8