Raccoon predation on ancient murrelets on east limestone island, British Columbia

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 377-388

  Hartman, Lisa H ^a   Gaston, Anthony J ^b   Eastman, Donald S ^a  

^a Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcidae; Ancient murrelet; Exotic; Introduced species; Predation; Procyon lotor; Procyonidae; Queen Charlotte Islands; Raccoon; Seabird; Synthliboramphus antiquus

Indexed keywords

ALCIDAE; AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; LETHRINIDAE; MURRELET; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; PROCYONIDAE; SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS; SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS ANTIQUUS;

ANCIENT MURRELET; BURROW NESTING; INTRODUCED MAMMAL; PREDATION; RACCOON;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS, EAST LIMESTONE ISLAND;

EID: 0030619085     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802594     Document Type: Article

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