Excessive exploitation of Central Pacific seabird populations at the turn of the 20th century

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 49-57

  Spennemann, Dirk H R ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOITATION; HISTORICAL RECORD; POPULATION DECLINE; SEABIRD;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032471328     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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