Motor vehicle collisions and the New Zealand fur seal in the Kaikoura region

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 235-238

  Boren, Laura ^a   Morrissey, Mike ^a   Gemmell, Neil J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; COLLISION; PINNIPED;

AUSTRALASIA; KAIKOURA; MARLBOROUGH; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

ARCTOCEPHALUS FORSTERI;

EID: 39049089975     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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