Burrow entrance attrition rate in wedge-tailed shearwater Puffinus pacificus colonies on Rottnest Island, Western Australia

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-26

  Bancroft, Wesley J ^a   Roberts, J Dale ^a   Garkaklis, Mark J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Crop Variety Testing Group   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biopedturbation; Burrow; Collapse; Ecosystem engineering; Rottnest Island; Shearwater

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; BURROWING ORGANISM; NEST SITE; SEABIRD; SITE SELECTION;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; PUFFINUS; PUFFINUS PACIFICUS;

EID: 33344470351     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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