Rescue of the Mascarene Petrel, a critically endangered seabird of Réunion Island, Indian Ocean

Condor

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 387-391

  Le Corre, Matthieu ^a,b   Ghestemme, Thomas ^a   Salamolard, Marc ^a   Couzi, François Xavier ^a  

^a Soc d'Etud Ornithologiques La R   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation; Endemic petrel; Indian Ocean; Light induced disturbance; Pseudobulweria; R union; Seabird

Indexed keywords

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; PSEUDOBULWERIA; PSEUDOBULWERIA ATERRIMA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038371225     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/condor/105.2.387     Document Type: Article

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