The impact of Raccoons Procyon lotor on breeding seabirds at Englefield Bay, Haida Gwaii, Canada

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-51

  Gaston, Anthony J ^a   Masselink, Michelle ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Appt 209 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CICONIIFORMES; INVERTEBRATA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

AUK; INTRODUCED MAMMAL; RACCOON; SEABIRD;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS, HAIDA GWAII;

EID: 0031426176     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270900001398     Document Type: Article

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