Biopedturbation by an island ecosystem engineer: Burrowing volumes and litter deposition by sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus)

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 259-265

  McKechnie, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biopedturbation; Burrowing; Ecosystem engineer; Puffinus griseus; Sooty shearwater

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; BIOTURBATION; BREEDING SITE; BURROWING; DEPOSIT FEEDING; LITTER; SEABIRD; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PUFFINUS GRISEUS;

EID: 33846382325     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2006.9518455     Document Type: Article

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