Predation on Rhinoceros Auklet eggs by a native population of Peromyscus

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 871-876

  Blight, Louise K ^a   Ryder, John L ^a   Bertram, Douglas F ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerorhinca monocerata; Egg neglect; Egg predation; Keen's mouse; Peromyscus; Rhinoceros Auklet; Triangle Island

Indexed keywords

CERORHINCA MONOCERATA; CRICETINAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS KEENI; RHINOCEROS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032709355     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370079     Document Type: Article

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