Invasive predators and the conservation of island birds: The case of American Mink Mustela vison and terns Sterna spp. In the Western isles, scotland: Colonies were larger and breeding success lower in mink-inhabited areas

Bird Study

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 118-123

  Clode, Danielle ^a   Macdonald, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mustela; Sterna

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONY; PREDATOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

SCOTLAND (WESTERN ISLES); UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; LARIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON; STERNA;

EID: 0036075225     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650209461255     Document Type: Article

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