For the past five years DOC has been monitoring Aotearoa’s only true alpine bird, the pīwauwau rock wren, and finds the population is increasing where predators are controlled. DOC science advisor Tristan Rawlence said that areas with predator control have on average twice as many rock wrens, whereas populations are gradually declining at unmanaged sites. […]
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