Aspects of the breeding ecology of the North Island little shearwater Puffinus assimilis haurakiensis

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 335-345

  Booth, Andrea M ^a,b   Minot, Edward O ^a   Imber, Mike J ^b   Fordham, Robin A ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breeding ecology; Food supply; Little shearwater; Procellariiformes; Puffinus assimilis

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROVISIONING; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SEABIRD;

NEW ZEALAND;

PUFFINUS ASSIMILIS;

EID: 0034483850     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2000.9518243     Document Type: Article

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