Cause of death in blue penguins (Eudyptula m. minor) in North Otago, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 305-309

  Hocken, A G ^a  

^a East Riding ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Blue penguin; Eudyptula minor; Mortality; New Zealand; Predation; Starvation

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; MORTALITY; PREDATION; SEABIRD; STARVATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EUDYPTULA MINOR;

EID: 0034481060     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2000.9518239     Document Type: Article

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