Assessing the effects of introduced Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) on survival and productivity of Least Auklets (Aethia pusilla)

Auk

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 681-694

  Major, Heather L ^a,c   Jones, Ian L ^a   Byrd, G Vernon ^b   Williams, Jeffrey C ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aethia pusilla; Chick growth; Island conservation; Least Auklet; Non indigenous species; Productivity; Survival

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLEDGING; GROWTH RATE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RODENT; SEABIRD; SURVIVORSHIP;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; KISKA ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AETHIA; AETHIA PUSILLA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33746277834     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[681:ATEOIN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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