The endemic Mediterranean yelkouan shearwater Puffinus yelkouan: Distribution, threats and a plea for more data

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Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-194

  Bourgeois, Karen ^a   Vidal, Eric ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Introduced mammals; Mediterranean; Near Threatened; Puffinus yelkouan; Status assessment; Yelkouan shearwater

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; BYCATCH; CENSUS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FELID; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; RED LIST; RODENT; SEABIRD;

BLACK SEA; BOUCHES DU RHONE; BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MARSEILLES; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; PUFFINUS YELKOUAN; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 42149152669     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308006467     Document Type: Review

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