Determining burrow occupancy, fledging success and land‐based threats to mainland and near‐shore island sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus) colonies

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 443-453

  Hamilton, Sheryl ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Burrow occupancy; Methodology; Predation; Puffinus griseus; Sooty shearwater

Indexed keywords

BURROW; FLEDGING; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

NEW ZEALAND;

PUFFINUS GRISEUS;

EID: 0032463739     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1998.9518167     Document Type: Article

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