Birds of the Kermadec Islands, south-west Pacific

Notornis

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 61-90

  Veitch, C R ^a   Miskelly, Colin M ^b   Harper, Grant A ^c   Taylor, Graeme A ^d   Tennyson, Alan J D ^a  

^a Department of Conservation ^*  (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Birds; Breeding ecology; Cats; Kermadec Islands; Rats; Restoration

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NEW RECORD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SPECIES INVENTORY;

KERMADEC ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANOUS; ANOUS STOLIDUS; AVES; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CICONIIFORMES; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; FREGATA; FREGATIDAE; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS; MACRONECTES; RATTUS; RATTUS EXULANS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 3242713107     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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