Trends in numbers and survival of Black-browed (Thalassarche melanophrys) and Grey-headed (T. chrysostoma) Albatrosses breeding on Macquarie Island

Emu

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-167

  Terauds, Aleks ^a,b   Gales, Rosemary ^b   Alderman, Rachael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Nature Conservation Branch   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

CICONIIFORMES; THALASSARCHE MELANOPHRYS;

EID: 23444444320     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU05026     Document Type: Article

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