Breeding ecology of Snares Island Snipe (Coenocorypba aucklandica buegeli) and Chatham Island Snipe (C. pusilla)

Notornis

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 207-221

  Miskelly, Colin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breeding ecology; Chatham Island Snipe; Chatham Islands; Coenocorypha aucklandica; Coenocorypha pusilla; Growth rates; New Zealand Snipe; Snares Islands

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; WADER;

NEW ZEALAND;

COENOCORYPHA AUKLANDICA; COENOCORYPHA PUSILLA;

EID: 0032709392     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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