Temporal and age-related changes in survival rates of Southern Buller's Albatrosses (Thalassarche bulleri bulleri) at The Snares, New Zealand, 1948 to 1997

Auk

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 699-708

  Sagar, P M ^a   Molloy, J ^b   Weimerskirch, H ^c   Warham, J ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^c CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

NEW ZEALAND; THE SNARES;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA; THALASSARCHE BULLERI BULLERI;

EID: 0033914960     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089594     Document Type: Article

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