Introduced predators and cavity-nesting seabirds: Unexpected low level of interaction at breeding sites

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1068-1073

  Ruffino, L ^a   Bourgeois, K ^a   Vidal, E ^a   Icard, J ^a   Torre, F ^a   Legrand, J ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; COEXISTENCE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLAND; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; RODENT; SEABIRD;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS YELKOUAN; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 51649128862     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z08-070     Document Type: Article

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