Burrow occupancy and productivity at coastal sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus) breeding colonies, South Island, New Zealand: Can mark-recapture be used to estimate burrowscope accuracy?

Wildlife Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 377-388

  Jones, Chris ^a,b   Bettany, Susan ^a   Moller, Henrik ^a   Fletcher, David ^a   Lyver, Phil ^a   De Cruz, Justine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Wildlife Ecology and Management Team   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BREEDING POPULATION; BURROW; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

NEW ZEALAND;

CICONIIFORMES; CYRILLA; MAMMALIA; PUFFINUS; PUFFINUS GRISEUS;

EID: 0141763561     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR01050     Document Type: Article

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