Establishment and extinction of a population of South Georgian diving petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus) at Mason Bay, Stewart Island, New Zealand, during the late Holocene

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 601-622

  Holdaway, Richard N ^a   Jones, Martin D ^b   Athfield, Nancy R Beavan ^c  

^a PALAECOL RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Extinction; New Zealand; Pelecanoides georgicus; Radiocarbon dating; Rattus exulans; Stewart Island

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; HOLOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEABIRD;

NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; PELECANOIDES; PELECANOIDES GEORGICUS; RATTUS; RATTUS EXULANS;

EID: 0142213767     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2003.9517748     Document Type: Article

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