Improved breeding success of Great-winged Petrels Pterodroma macroptera following control of feral cats Felis catus at subantarctic Marion Island

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 171-175

  Cooper, John ^a   Fourie, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SUCCESS; CAT; DIET; FERAL; GREAT-WINGED PETREL; PETREL; PREDATION;

INDIAN OCEAN, MARION ISLAND;

FELIS CATUS; PROCELLARIIDAE; PTERODROMA MACROPTERA;

EID: 0026273326     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270900002033     Document Type: Article

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