The response of a colony of sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus) and flesh‐footed shearwater (P. carneipes) to the cessation of harvesting and the eradication of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus)

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 375-379

  Gaze, Peter ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Flesh footed shearwater; Harvesting; Limiting factors; Norway rat; Sooty shearwater; Titi Island

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; LIMITING FACTOR; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; SEABIRD;

NEW ZEALAND;

PUFFINUS CARNEIPES; PUFFINUS GRISEUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0034477999     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2000.9518247     Document Type: Article

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