Sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus) breeding colonies on mainland South Island, New Zealand: Evidence of decline and predictors of persistence

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 327-334

  Jones, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Colony site; Decline; Distribution; Habitat; New Zealand; Predation; Puffinus griseus; Sooty shearwater

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION; SEABIRD;

NEW ZEALAND;

PUFFINUS GRISEUS;

EID: 0034483732     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2000.9518242     Document Type: Article

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