Establishment of a new breeding colony of Gould's petrel (Pterodroma leucoptera leucoptera) through the creation of artificial nesting habitat and the translocation of nestlings

Biological Conservation

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 553-563

  Priddel, David ^a   Carlile, Nicholas ^a   Wheeler, Robert ^a  

^a Department of Environment and Conservation ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial habitat; Burrow nesting seabird; Nest box; Re introduction; Site fidelity

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; COLONIZATION; NEST BOX; REINTRODUCTION; SEABIRD;

AVES; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CICONIIFORMES; LEUCOPTERA; PTERODROMA LEUCOPTERA;

EID: 29944438336     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.10.023     Document Type: Article

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