Surface soil chemistry at an alpine procellariid breeding colony in New Zealand, and comparison with a lowland site

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-174

  Harrow, G ^a   Hawke, D J ^b  

^a Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology ^*  (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Carbon; Hutton's shearwater; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Stable isotope; Westland petrel

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; BREEDING POPULATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SEABIRD; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WEATHERING;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 33746540011     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2006.9518441     Document Type: Article

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