Inter-island transfers and population dynamics of Seychelles Warblers Acrocephalus sechellensis

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-26

  Komdeur, Jan ^a,b,c  

^a BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Environmental Research Institute   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALUS SECHELLENSIS; AVES; INSECTA;

ENDEMIC BIRD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEYCHELLES WARBLER; TRANSLOCATION;

SEYCHELLES, ARIDE; SEYCHELLES, COUSIN ISLAND;

EID: 0031416939     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270900001374     Document Type: Article

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