Census of the Southern Giant Petrel population of the Falkland Islands 2004/2005

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 118-128

  Reid, Tim A ^a,b   Huin, Nic ^b  

^a FALKLANDS CONSERVATION   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CENSUS; COLONY; CONSERVATION STATUS; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; MONITORING; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

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

MACRONECTES GIGANTEUS; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 44249102985     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270908000105     Document Type: Article

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