Comparison of managed and unmanaged wedge-tailed shearwater colonies on O'ahu: Effects of predation

Pacific Science

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 451-457

  Smith, David G ^a   Polhemus, John T ^a   VanderWerf, Eric A ^a,b  

^a Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEST SITE; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

HAWAII; OAHU; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; FELIS CATUS; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; PUFFINUS; PUFFINUS PACIFICUS;

EID: 0036822897     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/psc.2002.0044     Document Type: Article

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