Demography and conservation of the Tristan albatross Diomedea [exulans] dabbenena

Biological Conservation

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 471-481

  Cuthbert, Richard ^a,c   Sommer, Erica ^a   Ryan, Peter ^b   Cooper, John ^b   Hilton, Geoff ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Beacon Ecology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding Success; Conservation; Demography; Diomedea exulans dabbenena; Mice; Mus musculus; Predation; Survival; Tristan albatross; Wandering albatross

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; PREDATION; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GOUGH ISLAND; SAINT HELENA; TRISTAN DA CUNHA;

AVES; DIOMEDEA; DIOMEDEA DABBENENA; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; GALLUS GALLUS; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS;

EID: 1842591337     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.08.006     Document Type: Article

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