Recovery of a sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus) breeding area after habitat destruction

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-40

  McKechnie, Sam ^a   Moller, Henrik ^a   Bragg, Corey ^a   Newman, Jamie ^a   Scott, Darren S ^a   Cruz, Justine B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Excavation; Population recovery

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SITE; BURROW; HABITAT LOSS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH EAST ISLAND; SNARES ISLANDS;

PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS GRISEUS;

EID: 46849112994     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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