Breeding of the Grey Petrel (Procellaria cinerea) on Macquarie Island: Population size and nesting habitat

Emu

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 323-329

  Schulz, Martin ^a,b   Robinson, Sue ^a   Gales, Rosemary ^a  

^a Nature Conservation Branch   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; NEST PREDATION; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SEABIRD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MACQUARIE ISLAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CICONIIFORMES; POA; POA FOLIOSA; PROCELLARIA CINEREA; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 29244470263     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU04058     Document Type: Article

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