Video camera count of burrow‐dwelling fairy prions, sooty shearwaters, and tuatara on Takapourewa (Stephens Island), New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 231-237

  Markwell, T J ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fairy prions; Population density; Sooty shearwaters; Tuatara; Video camera

Indexed keywords

FAIRY PRION; SOOTY SHEARWATER; TUATARA; VIDEO;

NEW ZEALAND;

PACHYPTILA TURTUR; PUFFINUS GRISEUS; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS;

EID: 0031400820     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1997.9518118     Document Type: Article

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