Translocation of fluttering shearwater (Puffinus gavia) chicks to create a new colony

Notornis

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-15

  Bell, Mike ^a   Bell, Brian D ^a   Bell, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a Wildlife Management International Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chick transfer; Colony establishment; Fluttering shearwater; Hand rearing; Puffinus gavia; Translocation

Indexed keywords

COLONY FOUNDING; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSLOCATION;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MARLBOROUGH; MAUD ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WORLD;

GALLUS GALLUS; GAVIA; PUFFINUS GAVIA;

EID: 16344377310     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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