Distribution of introduced raccoons Procyon lotor on the Queen Charlotte Islands: Implications for burrow-nesting seabirds

Biological Conservation

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-13

  Hartman, Lisa H ^a   Eastman, Donald S ^b  

^a Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Distribution; Introduced predator; Metapopulation; Procyon lotor; Queen Charlotte Islands; Raccoon; Seabird

Indexed keywords

INTRODUCED SPECIES; MAMMAL; NEST SITE; PREDATION RISK; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA;

MAMMALIA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033005980     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00094-9     Document Type: Article

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