Soil indicators of pre-European seabird breeding in New Zealand at sites identified by predator deposits

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-113

  Hawke, D J ^a   Holdaway, R N ^b   Causer, J E ^a   Ogden, S ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b PALAECOL RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Carbon 13; Nitrogen; Nitrogen 15; Phosphorus; Procellariid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032958209     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/S98050     Document Type: Article

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