Seabird populations of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean: An evaluation of IBA sites

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Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 424-429

  McGowan, Andrew ^a   Broderick, Annette C ^a   Godley, Brendan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chagos; Conservation; IBAs; Indian Ocean; Monitoring; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; MONITORING; SEABIRD; SITE CHARACTERIZATION;

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY; CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS;

ANOUS STOLIDUS; ANOUS TENUIROSTRIS; AVES; STERNA FUSCATA;

EID: 47049105357     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308007217     Document Type: Article

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