Excess of unpaired males in one of the World's most endangered seabirds, the Chatham Island taiko Pterodroma magentae

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 359-363

  Lawrence, Hayley A ^a   Millar, Craig D ^b   Taylor, Graeme A ^c   Macdonald, Linda D ^b   Lambert, David M ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ISLAND; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; SEABIRD; SEX RATIO;

AUSTRALASIA; CHATHAM ISLAND; CHATHAM ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AVES; PTERODROMA MAGENTAE;

EID: 44649102686     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2008.04272.x     Document Type: Article

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