Estimates of adult survival rate for three colonies of Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) in New Zealand

Emu

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 237-250

  Clucas, Rosemary J ^a   Fletcher, David J ^a   Moller, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Mark recapture modelling; Procellariiformes; T t ; Transience

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; COLONY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; MIGRATION; POPULATION DECLINE; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AVES; CYRILLA; PROCELLARIIFORMES; PUFFINUS GRISEUS; RAKIURA;

EID: 51349096553     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU07069     Document Type: Article

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