Population size and trends of four globally threatened seabirds at Gough Island, South Atlantic Ocean

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-103

  Cuthbert, Richard J ^a,b,c   Sommer, Erica S ^b  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Beacon Ecology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic Yellow nosed Albatross; Conservation; Eudyptes chrysocome moseleyi; Gough Island; Macronectes giganteus; Northern Rockhopper Penguin; Phoebetria fusca; Population estimates; Sooty Albatross; Southern Giant Petrel; Thalassarche chlororhynchos; Trends

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; SEABIRD; TREND ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GOUGH ISLAND; OCEANIC REGIONS; SAINT HELENA; TRISTAN DA CUNHA; WORLD;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; EUDYPTES CHRYSOCOME; MACRONECTES GIGANTEUS; PHOEBETRIA FUSCA; SOPHORA; SPHENISCIDAE; THALASSARCHE CHLORORHYNCHOS;

EID: 22244493270     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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