Use of burrow entrance flaps to minimise interference to Chatham petrel (Pterodroma axillaris) chicks by broad-billed prions (Pahcyptila vittata)

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 71-75

  Sullivan, W ^a   Wilson, K J ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Broad billed prion; Burrow competition; Burrow entrance flap; Chatham petrel

Indexed keywords

BURROW; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

NEW ZEALAND;

PACHYPTILA VITTATA; PTERODROMA AXILLARIS;

EID: 0034834631     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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