Can thin-billed prions Pachyptila belcheri breed successfully on an island with introduced rats, mice and cats? The case of New Island, Falkland Islands

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 391-394

  Catry, P ^a,b   Silva, M C ^c,d   MacKay, S ^b   Campos, A ^b   Masello, J ^b,e   Quillfeldt, P ^b,e   Strange, I J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b New Island Conservation Trust   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURROWING ORGANISM; COEXISTENCE; FELID; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NESTING; PREDATION; PREDATOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); NEW ISLAND;

MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; PACHYPTILA BELCHERI; POA; POA FLABELLATA; PROCELLARIIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 33846062270     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-006-0204-8     Document Type: Article

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