Distribution of Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) breeding colonies along the Otago Coast, New Zealand, with indication of countrywide population trends

Notornis

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-25

  Hamilton, S A ^a   Moller, H ^a   Robertson, C J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Distribution; Islands; Population abundance; Puffinus griseus; Sooty Shearwater

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004937206     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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