Characteristics and competition for nest cavities in burrowing procellariiformes

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 634-641

  Ramos, Jaime A ^a,b   Monteiro, Luis R ^a   Sola, Encarnacion ^a   Moniz, Zita ^a  

^a Depto de Oceanografia e Pescas   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PIAGET   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; Hatching success; Interference competition; Nest site characteristics; Population regulation; Procellariiformes; Shearwaters

Indexed keywords

BULWERIA BULWERII; CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA; HYDROBATINAE; OCEANODROMA CASTRO; PROCELLARIIFORMES; PUFFINUS ASSIMILIS;

EID: 0030791162     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370475     Document Type: Article

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