Restoration of a multi-species seabird colony

Biological Conservation

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 175-181

  Anderson, John G T ^a   Devlin, Catherine M ^a  

^a Policy and Design   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulls; Predator control; Restoration; Terns

Indexed keywords

COLONY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEABIRD;

EID: 0032978514     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00018-X     Document Type: Article

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