Nesting activity, breeding success and colony size for the Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus on Heron Island

Austral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 316-323

  Hill, Greg J E ^a   Dyer, Pam K ^b   Carter, Jenny L ^a   Barnes, Tony ^c  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c Aboriginal Torres Strait ISU   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding colony; Breeding success; Burrows; Population estimates; Wedge tailed Shearwater

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444432295     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1996.tb00614.x     Document Type: Article

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